Scientist use DNA in efforts to help species adapt to climate change
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Evolution works over millennia. Climate change is moving far faster. That mismatch is killing…
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…
You were born with a playlist already in your soul: Why science says musicality is hardwired
Music, community and joy drive real change In a small village in Pwani, a district on Tanzania’s coast,…
Hedgehogs Could Avoid Extinction by Silent Ultrasound Installed on Cars to Prevent Roadkill
A European hedgehog – credit, Fabian Fromwald The European hedgehog can hear sounds at higher frequencies than is…
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):…
Genomics, multiomics, and spatial biology at AGBT 2026
Key Insights Sequencing companies frequently launch new instruments and chemistries at the Advances in Genome Biology and…
Recycled human waste could help grow crops on moon and Mars colonies
The dream of a sustainable human presence on the moon or Mars has long been rooted in science…
The Last Mystery of the Blood Falls in Antarctica Has Also Finally Been Solved
There is a corner of Antarctica that looks like something out of a Cronenberg movie. It lies in…
Research maps lysosomal proteins to study neurodegeneration
Stanford researchers constructed an atlas of the proteins found in the lysosome across different brain cell types, a…
Did Life Begin as Slime? Scientists Propose Novel ‘Gel-First’ Origin of Life Theory
Long before the first cell divided, before DNA carried genetic instructions, and before membranes enclosed the chemistry of…
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…
Space station experiment shows microbes extract metals from meteorites
Microbes could be the future space miners, helping humans survive on long-term missions by extracting mineral resources from…