Earliest long-snouted fossil crocodile from Egypt reveals the African origins of seagoing crocs
Life reconstruction of Wadisuchus kassabi from the Late Cretaceous of Egypt, showing an adult capturing a lungfish in…
Using entanglement to test whether gravity is quantum just got more complicated
Feynman diagrams for QED or linear quantum gravity. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09595-7 Unifying gravity and quantum theory…
Artificial light is drowning out the Moon: here is what city bright lights are doing to humans and other species
Many city slickers may find it hard to comprehend, but the moon used to be the brightest source…
How the Mayans were able to accurately predict solar eclipses for centuries
Eclipse table of the Dresden Codex. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adt9039 The Maya Civilization, from Central America,…
Virtual reality can help people understand and care about distant communities
A study participant in front of an image of a city. Credit: Jeremy Bailenson / Stanford For many…
Early experiment at the dawn of dinosaur evolution discovered
Skeletal anatomy of the Carnian theropod A. crurilongus. Credit: Nature Ecology & Evolution (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41559-025-02868-4 Argentinian researchers…
Three Earth-sized planets discovered in a compact binary system
Artist’s impression of TOI-2267 Mario Sucerquia (University of Grenoble Alpes). Credit: Mario Sucerquia (University of Grenoble Alpes). An…
Europe’s deep-sea telescope on a hunt for the origins of the universe
Credit: AI-generated image Below the waves of the Mediterranean, Europe’s KM3NeT neutrino telescope is on a cosmic hunt.…
Physicists create the smallest pixel in the world (so far)
Conceptual design of nano-OLED pixels with an individually addressable bottom nanoelectrode. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adz8579 Smart…
Previously unknown microbe turns food waste into energy
Surrey Biofuel Facility. Credit: FortisBC When 115,000 tons of food waste hit Surrey’s processing facility each year, an…