Новости за 03.11.2015

Sixty-six million years ago, a giant raptor with feathered arms chased prey around the ancient South Dakotan landscape, a new study finds.

The man-made fires in Borneo have hit orangutans hard, displacing them from their homes and exposing the animals to enough smoke to make them susceptible to respiratory problems.

Many websites that promote unscientific views about vaccinations use pseudoscience and misinformation to spread the idea that vaccines are dangerous, according to a new study.

A gaping crack the length of six football fields that opened up in a matter of one to two weeks in northern Wyoming is likely the product of a landslide, geologists said.

Archaeologists and historians have debated the fortress' location for a century.

Archaeologists in Jerusalem may have just solved one of the city's greatest geographical mysteries.

Can a nutrient found in egg yolks reduce the risk of schizophrenia?

The stretching of the Earth's crust in a seismically transitional region likely caused the three quakes that struck Phoenix, Arizona, Sunday night. Such temblors are relatively uncommon in the state.

The majority of asylum seekers in one Dresden facility have traumatic experiences and psychological diagnoses, highlighting the need for psychiatric care.

Scientists, it's time to lend your ears (and your knowledge) to this year's big science competition: Explaining the science of sound to 11-year-olds.

Workers in wasp nests sometimes kill their queens, even though these egg-laying wasps are also their mothers. Now, researchers think they might know why such murders take place.

Alpacas are domesticated versions of a South American ruminant called the vicuña. There are no alpacas in the wild.

People in the U.S. are now eating healthier -- and 1.1 million premature deaths were prevented by our healthier habits. But there's still quite a bit of room for improvement, a new study finds.