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Just as human beings diversified so that people in Asia look different from people in Europe, so too did their microbiomes.
These animals to grow scalpel-sharp and precisely shaped tools that are resistant to breaking.
Zombies aren’t a modern-day obsession. Throughout history, fear of the undead led to bizarre burial rituals all over the world.
Darwin was right again—sort of.
A researcher explains a little-known niche within modern physics: animal collective behavior.
Starling flocks, schools of fish, and clouds of insects all agree.
Our minds seem both physical and intangible. That paradox has gripped this neuroscientist since childhood.
This year marks 2,000 years since the birth of the Roman author of the first natural encyclopedia.
Biologists use commonly-found insects that engage in cannibalism to prove a key evolutionary concept.
According to surveys, approximately half of artificial intelligence experts believe that general AI will emerge by 2060.
Recent discoveries about bodily awareness have changed how scientists think about the nature of consciousness.
Predatory dinosaurs with big skulls tend to have tiny arms. Researchers propose there might be a direct link between those traits.
When Cameroon’s Lakes Monoun and Nyos exploded, they released clouds of carbon dioxide that suffocated everything in its wake.
Murmurations have no leader and follow no plan.
These composers channeled the horror of the Holocaust and Hiroshima while honoring those who lived through it.
How humans came to feel comfortable among strangers, like those in a café, is an under-explored mystery.
Research shows that octopuses are sentient, emotional creatures.
Despite the wide diversity of spider species, most orb-weavers seem to follow the same playbook when building their webs.
The main bioactive compound in catnip seems to protect cats from mosquitoes. It might protect humans, too.
We should not expect aliens to look anything like us. Creatures that resemble octopuses or birds or even robots are legitimate possibilities.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently issued $8 million in follow-up funding to a team of neuroengineers developing brain-to-brain and brain-to-machine technology.
Evolutionary success is not about the number of one’s children, but one’s grandchildren: the children need to survive and pass on their genes.
As a physician, John Pringle helped reinvent hygiene; as a husband, he destroyed a woman’s life with his abuse.
Like his “Mona Lisa,” Leonardo da Vinci’s “Lady with an Ermine” depicts a woman in a way that flouted the conventions of its time.
A recent advance in 3D imaging techniques helped spark the biggest ever discovery of North American cave art.