Where the Andean mountains meet the biodiverse Amazon rainforest, a unique ecosystem is born. The blend of varying altitudes and abundant water creates niches for species found nowhere else. Since this region holds one of the highest concentrations of biodiversity on our planet, new species are constantly being discovered. One recent find is a new…
Paleontologists have examined 289-million-year-old specimens of the early reptile Captorhinus aguti that preserve a covering of three-dimensional skin, a complete shoulder girdle and ribcage with cartilages, and — most astonishingly — protein remnants that predate the previous oldest-known example by nearly 100 million years. Captorhinus aguti. Image credit: Michael DeBraga. The move from water to…
April 8, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm NASA’s Artemis II moon mission is focusing on its return to Earth The Artemis II spacecraft is due to splash down on April 10, and NASA officials and the astronauts onboard are gearing up for that return By Joseph Howlett edited by Claire Cameron…
When a drought turns into an urban water crisis, a city’s first step is often to limit lawn watering and launch a campaign to encourage everyone to conserve. It might raise water-use rates or offer incentives for installing low-flow devices. Source: Read Full Article
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Supermassive black holes literally don’t add up. Astrophysicists know it takes more time than is mathematically possible for one of them to reach its incomprehensible proportions via standard gas accretion. Despite this, they are clearly observable at the center…
Scientists have unveiled a detailed “atlas” of the placenta and uterus, showing how these unique tissues grow and evolve throughout pregnancy to accommodate a developing fetus. In charting this new map, the scientists revealed a subtype of cell that had never been described before and appears to be unique to pregnancy. These cells are not…
Streaming video service recommendations still tend to be simplistic unless you’re using platform-specific tools like Google’s Gemini for TV, but that’s finally changing. Tubi has launched ChatGPT’s first-ever native streaming service app, making it easier to find movies and shows on Fox’s free-to-watch service using more natural-sounding requests. All you have to do is connect…
Mummified remains of a 289-million-year-old reptile may contain the oldest example of a breathing system in amniotes. According to new findings published in Nature, the mummy, a reptile known as Captorhinus aguti, is only a few inches long, but preserves bone, calcified cartilage, skin, and proteins that predate previously known soft-tissue evidence of amniote breathing…
New images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope reveal two young stars surrounded by planet-forming disks, Tau 042021 (left) and Oph 163131 (right), offering a rare edge-on glimpse into how worlds like our own may take shape. These composite images show protoplanetary disks Tau 042021 (left) and Oph 163131 (right). Image credit: NASA /…
Britain’s sunny spring weather powered the grid to new solar energy records on two consecutive days this week. Solar farms in England, Wales and Scotland generated 14.1GW of low-carbon electricity at lunchtime on Monday, surpassing the previous high of 14GW in July last year. And that record was toppled a day later when power generation…
