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Image credit: Vejle Museums." loading="lazy" /></a> <a href="https://www.sci.news/archaeology/roman-helmet-denmark-13653.html" rel="bookmark"> Fragments of Roman Helmet, Various Weapons Found in Denmark </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.sci.news/archaeology/paleolithic-levantine-artifacts-from-geometric-patterns-13643.html"><img width="74" height="58" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13643-Levallois-Core-74x58.jpg" class="attachment-blocksmall size-blocksmall wp-post-image" alt="The engraved cortical Levallois core from Manot Cave. Image credit: E. Ostrovsky / M. Smelansky / E. Paixão / L. 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Image credit: Oscar Sanisidro / ICP." loading="lazy" /></a> <p>Paleontologists have found the 4.9-million-year-old (Early Pliocene) fossilized remains of the extinct flying squirrel Miopetaurista webbi in Tennessee, the United States. The occurrence of the genus Miopetaurista in eastern North America is puzzling, as it is distant from the known geographical range of the genus and of that of its sister species, the living Petaurista. The researchers hypothesize...<a href='https://www.sci.news/paleontology/miopetaurista-webbi-13700.html'></a></p> <div class="more"> <a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/miopetaurista-webbi-13700.html">read more...</a> </div> </div> </article> <ul class="list-articles"> <li> <a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/uriash-kadici-13695.html"><img width="74" height="58" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13695f-Lithostrotian-Titanosaurs-74x58.jpg" class="attachment-blocksmall size-blocksmall wp-post-image" alt="An artist’s impression of a herd of lithostrotian dinosaurs (right). Image credit: ABelov / CC BY 3.0." loading="lazy" /></a> <a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/uriash-kadici-13695.html" rel="bookmark"> Large-Bodied Sauropod Dinosaur Lived on Cretaceous European Island </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/xingxiulong-yueorum-13690.html"><img width="74" height="58" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13690-Xingxiulong-yueorum-74x58.jpg" class="attachment-blocksmall size-blocksmall wp-post-image" alt="The fossilized skeleton of Xingxiulong yueorum. Image credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences." loading="lazy" /></a> <a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/xingxiulong-yueorum-13690.html" rel="bookmark"> Paleontologists Discover New Species of Sauropodomorph Dinosaur </a> </li> </ul> </div> <aside class="more-political"> <h3>View more </h3> <ul class="headlines-list"> <li><a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/eocene-palm-phytoliths-subarctic-canada-13686.html" rel="bookmark"> Palm Fossils from Subarctic Canada Imply Ice-Free Winters 48 Million Years Ago </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/megaraptorid-carcharodontosaur-fossils-australia-13684.html" rel="bookmark"> Paleontologists Find World’s Oldest Known Megaraptorid, Australia’s First Carcharodontosaur Fossils </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/post-permian-extinction-tropical-ecosystems-13681.html" rel="bookmark"> Post-Permian Extinction Tropical Ecosystems Recovered Much Faster than Expected </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/austronaga-minuta-13675.html" rel="bookmark"> New Species of Triassic Long-Necked Marine Reptile Identified in China </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/bastetodon-syrtos-13673.html" rel="bookmark"> Fearsome Hyena-Like Mammals Lived in Africa 30 Million Years Ago </a></li> </ul> </aside> </div> <div class="more-news"> <a href="https://www.sci.news/news/paleontology" title="Paleontology">See latest in Paleontology </a> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="box block5"> <div class="political-info"> <h2> <a href="https://www.sci.news/news/biology" title="Biology">Biology</a></h2> <div class="block"> <div class="info"> <article class="article"> <h3><a href="https://www.sci.news/biology/papilio-solstitius-13710.html" rel="bookmark"> Cryptic New Species of Butterfly Identified in North America </a></h3> <div class="holder"> <a href="https://www.sci.news/biology/papilio-solstitius-13710.html"><img width="430" height="210" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13710-Papilio-solstitius-430x210.jpg" class="attachment-blockbig size-blockbig wp-post-image" alt="Papilio solstitius: (a) male, holotype and (b) female, allotype. Scale bar - 10 mm. Image credit: DeRoller et al., doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1228.142202." loading="lazy" /></a> <p>Entomologists have described a new species of tiger swallowtail (genus Papilio) from eastern North America. Papilio solstitius: (a) male, holotype and (b) female, allotype. Scale bar – 10 mm. Image credit: DeRoller et al., doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1228.142202. Papilio is a large genus of swallowtail butterflies within the family Papilionidae. 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Image credit: Jon Aars / Norwegian Polar Institute." loading="lazy" /></a> <a href="https://www.sci.news/biology/polar-bear-denning-13706.html" rel="bookmark"> Rare Footage of Moms, Cubs Emerging from Dens Sheds Light on Elusive Polar Bear Reproduction </a> </li> </ul> </div> <aside class="more-political"> <h3>View more </h3> <ul class="headlines-list"> <li><a href="https://www.sci.news/biology/palaeognath-birds-technical-innovation-13694.html" rel="bookmark"> Palaeognath Birds are Capable of Technical Innovation, Study Shows </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sci.news/biology/litoria-eungellensis-13689.html" rel="bookmark"> New Species of Tree Frog Discovered in Australia </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/supernova-virus-evolution-13687.html" rel="bookmark"> Ionizing Radiation from Nearby Supernova Altered Virus Evolution 2.5 Million Years Ago </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sci.news/biology/animals-architects-natural-world-13677.html" rel="bookmark"> Study: Animals Are Not Just Inhabitants of Natural World, They Are Its Architects </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sci.news/biology/biofluorescent-birds-of-paradise-13659.html" rel="bookmark"> 82% Species of Birds-of-Paradise are Biofluorescent, New Study Shows </a></li> </ul> </aside> </div> <div class="more-news"> <a href="https://www.sci.news/news/biology" title="Biology">See latest in Biology </a> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="box block6"> <div class="political-info"> <h2> <a href="https://www.sci.news/news/physics" title="Physics">Physics</a></h2> <div class="block"> <div class="info"> <article class="article"> <h3><a href="https://www.sci.news/physics/cern-production-weak-boson-triplets-13708.html" rel="bookmark"> CERN Physicists Observe Production of Weak Boson Triplets </a></h3> <div class="holder"> <a href="https://www.sci.news/physics/cern-production-weak-boson-triplets-13708.html"><img width="430" height="210" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13708-VVZ-Production-430x210.jpg" class="attachment-blockbig size-blockbig wp-post-image" alt="A three-vector-boson event recorded by ATLAS, with one W boson decaying to an electron and a neutrino, one W boson decaying to a muon and a neutrino, and a Z boson decaying to two muons; muons are shown by red lines, the electron by a green line, and ‘missing energy’ from the neutrino by a dashed white line. Image credit: ATLAS / CERN." loading="lazy" /></a> <p>Physicists with the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have announced the first observation of VVZ production — a rare combination of three massive vector bosons. A three-vector-boson event recorded by ATLAS, with one W boson decaying to an electron and a neutrino, one W boson decaying to a muon and a neutrino, and a Z boson decaying to two muons; muons are shown by red lines,...<a href='https://www.sci.news/physics/cern-production-weak-boson-triplets-13708.html'></a></p> <div class="more"> <a href="https://www.sci.news/physics/cern-production-weak-boson-triplets-13708.html">read more...</a> </div> </div> </article> <ul class="list-articles"> <li> <a href="https://www.sci.news/physics/proton-force-map-13693.html"><img width="74" height="58" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13693-Proton-Map-74x58.jpg" class="attachment-blocksmall size-blocksmall wp-post-image" alt="Distribution of the color-Lorentz force acting on an unpolarized up quark in the transverse plane (indicated by the vector field) superimposed on the up quark density distribution in impact-parameter space for an unpolarized proton. Image credit: Crawford et al., doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.071901." loading="lazy" /></a> <a href="https://www.sci.news/physics/proton-force-map-13693.html" rel="bookmark"> Physicists Map Out Forces Acting inside Proton </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.sci.news/physics/buckminsterfullerene-plasmonic-resonance-13683.html"><img width="74" height="58" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13683-Buckminsterfullerene-Electrons-74x58.jpg" class="attachment-blocksmall size-blocksmall wp-post-image" alt="Biswas et al. observed how electrons, excited by ultrafast light pulses, danced in unison around a buckminsterfullerene molecule, then emitted excess energy in the form of several electrons. Image credit: RMT Bergues." loading="lazy" /></a> <a href="https://www.sci.news/physics/buckminsterfullerene-plasmonic-resonance-13683.html" rel="bookmark"> Physicists Observe Synchronized Dance of Electrons on Buckminsterfullerene Molecule </a> </li> </ul> </div> <aside class="more-political"> <h3>View more </h3> <ul class="headlines-list"> <li><a href="https://www.sci.news/physics/km3net-most-energetic-cosmic-neutrino-13661.html" rel="bookmark"> KM3NeT Telescope Detects Most Energetic Cosmic Neutrino Yet </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sci.news/physics/lorentz-symmetry-violation-top-quark-pair-production-13612.html" rel="bookmark"> CERN Physicists Search for Violation of Lorentz Symmetry in Top-Quark Pair Production </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sci.news/physics/force-nanosensors-13548.html" rel="bookmark"> Researchers Create New Nanosensors of Force </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sci.news/physics/antiferromagnetic-material-terahertz-laser-light-13538.html" rel="bookmark"> Scientists Magnetize Antiferromagnetic Material with Terahertz Laser Light </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sci.news/physics/quantum-teleportation-internet-cables-13537.html" rel="bookmark"> Researchers Demonstrate Quantum Teleportation over Fiberoptic Cables Carrying Internet Traffic </a></li> </ul> </aside> </div> <div class="more-news"> <a href="https://www.sci.news/news/physics" title="Physics">See latest in Physics </a> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="box block7"> <div class="political-info"> <h2> <a href="https://www.sci.news/news/medicine" title="Medicine">Medicine</a></h2> <div class="block"> <div class="info"> <article class="article"> <h3><a href="https://www.sci.news/medicine/citrus-depression-13701.html" rel="bookmark"> Citrus Fruit Consumption Helps Protect against Depression via Gut Microbiome: Study </a></h3> <div class="holder"> <a href="https://www.sci.news/medicine/citrus-depression-13701.html"><img width="430" height="210" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13701-Oranges-430x210.jpg" class="attachment-blockbig size-blockbig wp-post-image" alt="Samuthpongtorn et al. report that citrus intake and its components are prospectively associated with a lower risk of depression and altered abundance of 15 gut microbial species, including enriched Faecalibacterium prausnitzii. Image credit: Hans." loading="lazy" /></a> <p>New research demonstrates a potential protective role of citrus fruit on the incidence of depression and suggests that Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, a type of bacteria found in the human gut, and its metabolic activity may modulate the influence of citrus and its flavonoids on mood. 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Image credit: Tim Ulama." loading="lazy" /></a> <a href="https://www.sci.news/medicine/walnut-rich-breakfast-cognitive-performance-13692.html" rel="bookmark"> Study: Walnut-Rich Breakfast Enhances Cognitive Performance throughout the Day </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.sci.news/medicine/lake-legionella-13679.html"><img width="74" height="58" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13679-Legionella-pneumophila-74x58.jpg" class="attachment-blocksmall size-blocksmall wp-post-image" alt="This electron micrograph depicts an amoeba, Hartmannella vermiformis (orange), as it entraps a Legionella pneumophila bacterium (green) with an extended pseudopod. Image credit: Barry S. 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Image credit: D. Larson." loading="lazy" /></a> <p>Scientists have produced the first chromosome-scale genome assembly of the white oak (Quercus alba), an abundant forest tree species across eastern North America that is ecologically, culturally, and economically important. The Quercus alba individual sequenced for the genome assembly, growing at Star Hill Farm, Loretto, , Kentucky, the United States. Image credit: D. 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Image credit: Lan et al., doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giaf003." loading="lazy" /></a> <a href="https://www.sci.news/genetics/chinese-malayan-pangolin-genomes-13669.html" rel="bookmark"> Scientists Sequence Genomes of Chinese and Malayan Pangolins </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.sci.news/genetics/yerba-mate-genome-13633.html"><img width="74" height="58" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13633f-Ilex-paraguariensis-74x58.jpg" class="attachment-blocksmall size-blocksmall wp-post-image" alt="Vignale et al. report the first draft genome sequence for yerba mate and provide convincing evidence for the identity and characteristics of enzymes for caffeine biosynthesis. 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