Researchers describe Tyrannoroter heberti, a football-sized tetrapod known from a 307-million-year-old skull found in Nova Scotia, and report tooth wear and palate teeth consistent with a plant-based diet. The authors say this suggests herbivory among early four-limbed vertebrates appeared sooner and in more groups than previously thought.
Brattleboro's downtown expects increased visitors and business activity this weekend as the 104th Harris Hill Ski Jump brings competitors and spectators for Junior World qualifier events.
Teddi Mellencamp says she is physically in a good place while continuing cancer care and therapy; doctors have not yet declared official remission.
Colorectal cancer diagnoses have risen among younger adults, and research identifies four early warning signs that can appear months to years before diagnosis: abdominal pain, diarrhea, rectal bleeding and iron‑deficiency anemia.
NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 will launch four crew members from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station for an eight-month mission aboard a reused Dragon spacecraft named Freedom to conduct science, technology demonstrations, and maintenance.
On Feb. 11 China conducted a low‑altitude abort test of its Mengzhou capsule and a powered ocean splashdown of a Long March 10 first stage.
Samples returned by NASA's OSIRIS‑REx from asteroid Bennu contained at least 14 of the 20 amino acids used by life and 19 other amino acids, and isotopic analysis indicates many of these compounds likely formed in cold, icy regions beyond the early solar system's snow line.
Team USA opens Olympic play Thursday at the Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena and will play four preliminary-round games (against Latvia, Denmark and Germany) before any potential advancement to elimination rounds.
Researchers at UCLA reported in Small that they built a nickel-iron battery inspired by Thomas Edison using protein-derived materials and nanoclusters; the prototype recharges in seconds and lasted 12,000 cycles in tests, but it has lower energy capacity than lithium-ion cells.
A study of 434 children presented at the Society for Maternal‑Fetal Medicine meeting found no differences on four autism screening tools between toddlers born to mothers who received COVID‑19 mRNA vaccines before or during pregnancy and those born to unvaccinated mothers.
