This week on LSCDS #ScienceNews and #Innovation: A well preserved fossilized cranium of human ancestor Australopithecus anamensis, estimated to be 3.8 million years old, has been discovered in Ethiopia. It is hoped that the fossil [...]

This week on LSCDS #ScienceNews and #Innovation, researchers have identified the lightest neutrino, weighing at least 6 times less than an electron. A neutrino is a subatomic particle that is similar to an electron but [...]

This week on LSCDS #ScienceNews and #Innovation, the NOAA reports that July 2019 was the world’s hottest ever month on record. What’s more, their measurements reveal that the record-high temperatures also shrank polar sea ice [...]

This week on LSCDS #ScienceNews and #Innovation, researchers rejoice in quiet hope as two drugs against Ebola give patients a 90% survival rate in initial clinical trials. (Credit: Jerome Delay/AP/Shutterstock)   Meanwhile, in the West, [...]

This week on LSCDS #ScienceNews and #Innovation: An analysis of the Earth’s volcanic lava flow, along with sediment and ice core records, have allowed geophysicists to study and model the planets’ most recent magnetic field [...]