New fossils provide snapshot of the beginning of complex animals that led to us
WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a…
Why Are Humans The Only Animals That Cook Their Food? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains
The human ability to cook may seem ordinary, but it marks one of the most important evolutionary turning…
Study finds crabs hide to avoid cannibalism | National
A basket of blue crabs caught during a survey by the Smithsonian Environmental Resarch Center. (Smithsonian ERC via…
Marsupials Previously Thought Extinct for 6,000 Years Discovered: ‘A once-in-a-lifetime discovery’
Photograph Carlos Bocos, licensed CC 4.0. Int. via inclusion in Flannery et al., 2026. Rec. Aust. Mus. 78(1):…
Four white sharks ping in the Gulf ahead of spring break
FILE: A new study from the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy reveals video from July 2023 in what is believed…
Scientists’ chemical breakthrough sheds light on origins of life | Innovate UK
The findings, published in the journal Science, reveal the team has identified a remarkably small ribonucleic acid (RNA)…
Whiskers on Elephant’s Trunk Are Key to its Amazing Sense of Touch
credit – A Posado via SWNS The whiskers on an elephant’s trunk are key to its “amazing” sense…
Keep your chin up: UB study shows facial feature is an evolutionary accident | Lifestyles
BUFFALO — Dashiell Hammett mentioned Sam Spade’s jutting chin in the opening sentence of his novel, “The Maltese…
Scientists Finally Understand How Animals Experience Joy
Scientists have known for a while now that animals feel pain. When it comes to other emotions, like…
NASA finds super-tough bacteria that could survive Mars trip
NASA has some of the cleanest rooms in the world to prevent contamination. But some microbes have found…
Researchers Map How Quantum Computing Could Accelerate Single-Cell Biology
Insider Brief A new study outlines how quantum computing, used alongside classical computing and AI, could help address…
Consciousness May Depend on the Physics of the Brain, Not Just Code
The human brain is capable of processing advanced information, but not in the same way that computers do.…