Thirty years ago, it was our common sense understanding that hantavirus does not and perhaps cannot spread from human to ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have now uncovered new evidence showing how recently evolved "junk DNA" genetic elements can become ...

Summary: A new study has completely revived and expanded this lost chapter of human evolution. Leveraging modern molecular genetic dating and advanced phylogenetic statistical modeling, researchers ...

For nearly 30 years, a landmark study shaped how scientists understood the relationship between brain and body size in ...

A new analysis supports the previously overlooked "brain lag" hypothesis—the idea that, in some primate lineages, the evolution of larger body size preceded the evolution of larger brain size—while ...

We might not have to go scorched Earth after all. Contrary to popular belief, the Earth might actually weather the fiery death of the sun that’s expected to engulf our neighbors, per a relieving study ...

Is there really such a thing as human nature? The answer lies between two old extremes, and getting it right shapes how we face AI, authoritarianism, and climate.

Males of the species Drosophila melanogaster pack thousands of almost two-millimeter-long sperm cells into significantly smaller storage organs. A new study reveals how they move in an orderly manner ...

Located on the outskirts of the town of Fureidis in northern Israel, the cave was in the way of upcoming construction projects until archaeologists intervened. Researchers Dated the Cave to 400,000 ...

Over the past several years, we have seen accelerating technological change. Machine learning is accelerating drug discovery, ...

But even the best directors fall prey to the legacy reboot trap, like Gus Van Sant’s Psycho (1998), Steven Spielberg’s West ...

Life in the wild often comes down to survival, and for many species, survival depends on others. A new global study suggests ...