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New research led by scientists from the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE) suggests cows (Bos taurus taurus) can distinguish between known and unknown people, and even match a familiar voice to the correct face. The post Cows Can Recognize Familiar Human Faces, New Study Finds appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of pan-shinisaur lizard from a partial upper jaw discovered in southern France, pushing the presence of its lineage in Europe back by at least 30 million years. The post 83-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Lizard Fossil Unearthed in France appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

A stunning new image from the 8.1-m Gemini North telescope, located on the summit of Maunakea in Hawai’i, reveals the Crystal Ball Nebula in unprecedented detail: a lumpy, glowing sphere of gas sculpted by a pair of stars. The post Gemini North Telescope Peers into Crystal Ball Nebula appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

New research from the University of Oxford and the University of Reading suggests bipedalism and expanding brain size helped drive the overwhelming dominance of right-handedness in humans. The post Upright Walking and Larger Brains May Explain Why 90% of Humans Favor Their Right Hand appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

Paleontologists have described a gigantic new species of mosasaur -- stretching up to 13.2 m (43 feet) long and armed with serrated teeth -- and given it an unexpected name: T. rex (short for Tylosaurus rex). The post ‘T. rex’ Mosasaur Ruled the Seas 80 Million Years Ago appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

Researchers have discovered stromatolites -- layered structures formed by microbial communities -- inside a 42,000-year-old asteroid crater in South Korea. The post Ancient Crater Lakes May Have Provided Ideal Conditions for Earth’s Earliest Oxygen-Breathing Life appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

New gamma-ray observations from NASA’s Fermi Space Telescope suggest ultra-magnetic neutron stars called magnetars could be fueling superluminous supernovae, a rare class of stellar explosions with peak luminosities 10-100 times greater than those of standard core-collapse supernovae. The post Fermi Identifies Hidden Engine behind Superluminous Supernovae appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Scie…

Paleontologists have described three previously unknown species of multituberculate mammals -- named Camurodon borealis, Qayaqgruk peregrinus, and Kaniqsiqcosmodon polaris -- that lived in polar forests about 73 million years ago. The post Before Dinosaur Extinction, Rodent-Like Mammals were Already Flourishing in Ancient Arctic appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

New simulations suggest a violent collision 11 billion years ago reshaped our Galaxy and triggered a burst of star formation. The post Violent Collision May Have Destroyed Milky Way’s First Stellar Disk appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

Paleontologists from University College London and the University of Cambridge say the large predatory dinosaurs’ tiny arms evolved alongside massive heads and bone-crushing jaws, suggesting ancient predators increasingly relied on biting rather than grasping prey. The post Mystery of Tyrannosaurus rex’s Tiny Arms May Finally Have an Answer appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of early monofenestratan pterosaur based on a nearly complete and well-preserved fossil skeleton discovered in Bavaria, Germany. The post New Jurassic Pterosaur Unearthed in Germany appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

New observations from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft reveal that the Zwan-Wolf effect -- a phenomenon once thought unique to Earth’s magnetosphere, in which charged particles are squeezed like toothpaste coming out of a tube along magnetic structures called flux tubes -- is also reshaping the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere. The post MAVEN Detects Rare Atmospheric …

An analysis of 27 animal studies found that switching to a healthier diet improved memory performance, though the effects were far weaker after diets high in sugar. The post Sugary Diets May Cause Long-Term Memory Problems Even after Eating Improves appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

When an antenna of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) is touched with a heated probe, something curious happens: the insect turns its attention to the burned spot, grooming it repeatedly, for far longer than it would after a harmless touch or no contact at all. The post Insects May Feel Pain, New Study Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

Entomologists have discovered that carpenter ants -- the largest genus within the stingless ant subfamily Formicinae -- produce dozens of previously unknown venom peptides with antifungal properties. The post Formicine Ants Produce Hidden Arsenal of Venom Peptides, Study Finds appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

New research led by planetary scientists from Southwest Research Institute and KTH Royal Institute of Technology suggests that evidence for vapor erupting from Jupiter’s icy moon Europa may be less conclusive than once believed. The post Do Europa’s Water Plumes Really Exist? New Study Reopens Debate appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

Grape consumption may improve the skin’s barrier against environmental damage by rewriting gene activity, according to new research led by Western New England University. The post Regular Grape Consumption is Beneficial for Skin Health, New Study Shows appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

NGC 1266 appears frozen between two cosmic identities, offering astronomers a close-up look at how star formation shuts down. The post Hubble Space Telescope Peers into Post-Starburst Galaxy appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

A large tyrannosaurid dinosaur may have stalked the floodplains of what is now New Mexico nearly 74 million years ago, according to a team of paleontologists from the University of Bath, Montana State University and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. The post Giant Tyrannosaur Fossil Found in New Mexico appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

For the first time, astronomers have directly detected how turbulent clouds of ionized gas between the stars bend and blur radio signal from a distant quasar. The post Astronomers Catch Interstellar Turbulence Warping Light across Milky Way appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .