5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (648+ words) image: Prehistoric stones in Yorkshire, known as the Devil's Arrow view more Credit: University of York Researchers have shed new light on a series of prehistoric stones in Yorkshire, revealing the 25-tonne structures were hauled 11 miles across land by Neolithic…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (132+ words) Sensory ecologist Ralph Simon proposed the SELFCURE project to investigate whether bats self-medicate and if their behaviors change when they’re sick or recovering from illness. Together with Dan Becker, and Rachel Page applied to and were awarded a grant from…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (829+ words) Credit: Irina N. Kitiashvili (NASA Ames Research Center) and Spiridon Kasapis (Princeton University). Long before dark sunspots appear on the Sun's surface, a new active region — where powerful solar eruptions can originate — begins showing subtle signs of its formation. Now, researchers…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (71+ words) Bathymetry Map (IMAGE) EurekAlert! A boat track line map showing where bathymetry data was recorded by commercial fishers during derelict trap removal efforts in Virginia. CCRM, W&M's VIMS & Batten School This image may only be used in conjunction with…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (68+ words) Before and After Cliff Collapse (IMAGE) EurekAlert! Before and after oblique images of a Del Mar, Calif., landslide that occured on April 24, 2024, with red triangles representing the locations of MEMS tilt sensors installed by the Coastal Processes Group at UC…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (272+ words) Seismic anisotropy near stagnant slabs in the mantle transition zone and uppermost lower mantle suggests an additional slab-related source. High-pressure deformation experiments on hydrous minerals δ-AlOOH and δ-H at 20.5–24.5 GPa and 800–1000 °C show that they develop strong crystallographic preferred orientations....

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (434+ words) image: Neolamprologus brevis, a cichlid from Lake Tanganyika, feeds on small crustaceans and insect larvae, among other things. New research shows that cichlid intestines have evolved in response to their diet. view more Credit: Adrian Indermaur, University of Basel Different…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (307+ words) Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed a method to differentiate the topography of medieval mountain castles from that of natural ridges using airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data. This method is expected to be useful for detecting historically…...