Cosmos

[:eu]Research supports Gould’s hypothesis that new characteristics evolve during periods of rapid change. [:]

[:eu]To understand what created the myriad fossil tracks at Australia’s Lark Quarry, scientists built a detailed model foot to make some tracks of their own. John Pickrell reports.[:]

[:eu]Paleontologists thought they had a good idea of the diversity of feathered dinosaur species. But a recent finding left them scratching their heads[:]

[:eu]Research shows that groups of robots need different ‘personality’ types to work collectively and overcome obstacles.[:]

[:eu]For the first time physicists have experimentally simulated a long-predicted relationship between two kinds of magnetic monopole. [:]

[:eu]Tiny tractor beams made from quantum-mechanical matter waves could make vital tools for nanotechnology[:]

[:eu]A study of the oldest minerals ever found has shed new light on Earth in the Hadean eon, 4.4 billion years ago.[:]

[:eu]High-tech methods such as X-ray fluorescence are revolutionising art conservation and authentication[:]

[:eu]Astronomers aiming to reconcile the observed and predicted masses of the Milky Way have discovered a vast cloud of neutral hydrogen surrounding our galaxy[:]