Antibacterial products fueling “Superbugs,” scientists warn
image: ©Scharvik | iStock Scientists warn that common household antibacterial products are fueling the rise of drug-resistant “superbugs.”…
Scientists get first look at the evolution of early complex animals
WASHINGTON — Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial…
Information and its biochemical interpretation
Image: ©ktsimage | iStock The world we experience is the product of biochemical interpretation acting on fundamentally abstract…
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,…
A New Study Details How Cats Almost Always Land on Their Feet
It’s well established that when cats fall, they’re able to land perfectly most of the time, nimbly maneuvering…
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):…
Urine tests confirm alcohol consumption in wild African chimps
Aleksey Maro knows far more than he cares to know about the urination habits of chimpanzees. But if…
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…