Life

Strange bone circles made from mammoths revealed clues about how ancient communities survived Europe’s last ice age.

The oldest known cave-dwelling arthropods have been discovered preserved in amber.

Some fish evolved legs and walked onto the land. Right?

It’s the first time scientists have discovered an animal that doesn’t perform aerobic respiration.

New research shows how Americans feel about genetic engineering, human enhancement and automation.

Check out the curriculum for the nation’s first cannabis-focused bachelor’s program.

Beautiful? Yes. Air purifiers? Not so fast.

Australia’s beloved and bizarre egg-laying mammal could start vanishing in coming years if current trends continue.

The relatively quick evolution of nine unusual shark species has scientists intrigued.

New research on killer whales may shine a light on the evolutionary power of menopause.

Is the way we choose which animals to protect out of date?

In his new book, The Deep History of Ourselves, Joseph LeDoux explains where we come from.

The 385-million-year-old fossils show that trees evolved modern features millions of years earlier than previously estimated.

All this from a wad of gum?

A new method of measuring human exposure to the potentially toxic chemical calls into question regulatory policy.

Thinning forests in the Western United States can save billions of gallons of water per year and improve conservation efforts.

The axolotl is known to regrow its lower jaw, its retinae, ovaries, kidneys, heart, rudimentary lungs, spinal cord, and large chunks of its brain.

Life forms on Earth are wildly varied, but scientists discover a single formula that predicts every one’s life cycle.

Brain uploads and what matters for future human flourishing.

Could future artificial worlds provide the meaning that we need?

Scientists speculate that if life were to have spontaneously developed on Earth, the first thing there would need to be are vesicles.

First of a 3-part series about future technologies and their role in human flourishing.

An orangutan has settled into a Florida home after a court granted her personhood rights. But what is the basis for personhood?

This is how companies can better align with the values they claim to uphold.

A DNA study looks for the home of the earliest modern humans.

Michio Kaku explains the three main sections of the human brain and the trait that he believes to be a key indicator of success in life.

New research provides insights on the effect of the lunar cycles on wildlife behavior.

The view from way out there really puts things in perspective.

For decades, Americans sprayed the notorious pesticide DDT all over their homes and fields. But it turns out we may have known about — and ignored — a safer alternative used by the Nazi regime.

The net famously failed to work as planned last year. Now, a new version is making waves.