Osbjorn Pearson
In 2012, fossils from a rare Homo habilis skeleton were uncovered along the shores of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Scientists who made the find turned to University of New Mexico anthropologist Osbjorn Pearson, a…

Osbjorn Pearson
In 2012, fossils from a rare Homo habilis skeleton were uncovered along the shores of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Scientists who made the find turned to University of New Mexico anthropologist Osbjorn Pearson, a…

A preclinical study published in Nature has found evidence that the hippocampus, the brain region that stores memory, also reorganizes memories to anticipate future outcomes.
The findings, from researchers at the Brandon Lab at…

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Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that roamed a superocean,…

Neanderthals purposefully collected and positioned horned and antlered animal skulls in a cave in what is now Spain, suggesting that these extinct human relatives had complex cultural practices over 43,000 years ago, a new study…

We’re a major partner in a new telescope instrument that will help us see massive stars in the Milky Way and view the distant Universe.
Our joint team from the Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy and Centre for Advanced Instrumentation helped…

Tissue repair and regeneration after injury slow down with aging. In muscles, this happens because muscle stem cells no longer function properly, making muscle regrowth harder.
A new UCLA study uncovered a cause of this aging-associated…

When we think of tentacled animals, we usually think of marine creatures. But many other species have them too. For example, the eyestalks of slugs and snails are actually specialised types of tentacles.
And the star-nosed mole has 22 short…

A comet was caught falling apart on camera, using a powerful telescope in Hawaii.
Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) crumbled in high-resolution footage captured by the Gemini North telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Glowing pieces of the comet are…