Fossilized footprints found at an excavation site in southwest New Mexico prove humans colonized the continent much earlier than previously thought.
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About 150 million years ago, a long-necked sauropod came down with a respiratory infection. The rest is history...or is it?
If nature were perfectly deterministic, atoms would almost instantly all collapse. Here's how Heisenberg uncertainty saves the atom.
Although many dinosaurs never left the ground, they still possessed the basic structural framework for flight.
Both views are equally spectacular, but unequally informative. Every so often, a creative amateur project highlights our professional achievements. This mosaic shows the region between the constellations of Cygnus and […]
Sharks fear killer whales. How does this impact the ecosystems they share?
The pieces don't represent an army, they stand in for the Western social order.
Maps can do more than show us places. They also can help determined people find others long lost, whether birth mothers or fugitive killers.
The peasant turned czarist advisor has come to be known and feared as the devil incarnate, but was he really as demonic as we have been led to believe?
One million year old mammoth DNA more than doubles the previous record and suggests that even older genomes could be found.
From corrupt czars to bloodthirsty Bolsheviks, Russia has had no shortage of bad leaders. But just how evil were they really?
We spend much of our early years learning arithmetic and algebra. What's the use?
A school lesson leads to more precise measurements of the extinct megalodon shark, one of the largest fish ever.
We're used to scientists telling us about the math and physics behind astronomical events. But what does studying space make us feel?
Australian researchers figure out a new way to apply extreme pressure and squeeze out diamonds.
It’s the early 20th century, and you are the captain of a ship. A barquentine specifically—three masts and a coal-burning steam engine in her belly. She’s a sturdy and capable […]
Researchers document the first example of evolutionary changes in a plant in response to humans.
Most of us will never run a 4 minute mile. But on a bicycle, almost anyone can do it. As human beings, we often take for granted how our bodies work. […]
The sudden prevalence of an artery in the forearm is evidence that we're still very much a work in progress.
Research shows that sparrows and other animals use plants to heal themselves.
Your cat thinks your taste stinks. Also that you're mingy with the laser pointer.
Legendary cartoonist John Groth's pictorial map captures LA's film factories in their Golden Age.
What a group of orphaned elephants can teach us about emotion and learned social skills.
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Crows have their own version of the human cerebral cortex.
The loss of elephants accelerates climate change.
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With the ivory trade on the decline, poachers have been capitalizing on a new, disturbing trend.
Are there innate differences between female and male brains?