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Many of the body's biggest flaws are the result of evolution building on old designs instead of starting over. Our spine, eyes, teeth, pelvis, and even certain nerves all reveal compromises that worked well enough fo...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown fossil goose that challenges a decades-old theory about the evolution of New Zealand's birds. The find suggests the country's giant flightless geese evolved from mu...

A new study details the development of a cerebellum-inspired memtransistor engineered from atomically thin molybdenum disulfide.

A new study found that dietary fiber can determine whether beneficial intestinal worms help reduce inflammation or become essentially inactive. With plenty of fiber, the worms remained healthy and supported an anti-infla...

A new study demonstrates that axon generation is driven by autonomous internal cellular mechanisms rather than external factors.

A new study utilizes concurrent EEG-fMRI tracking to prove that the human connectome coordinates multiple separate, asynchronous streams of information processing in parallel.

A newly discovered underwater volcanic eruption north of Papua New Guinea is unfolding in one of the world's most poorly mapped ocean basins. Satellites have spotted steam plumes, ash, thermal hotspots, and huge floa...

In an unexpected discovery, researchers found that three medieval Swedish cemeteries held children buried with unrelated adults.

A new study identifies the oldest known evidence of "handedness" in the animal kingdom within the 550-million-year-old Ediacaran fossil Spriggina floundersi.

For nearly a century, astronomers have known that the universe is expanding. In the late 1990s, two independent teams, the Supernova Cosmology Project, led by Saul Perlmutter, and the High-Z Supernova Search Team, led by...

A new study demonstrates that the experimental compound BA-101 reverses chemotherapy resistance in glioblastoma.

Demyelination triggers abnormal, epileptiform electrical spikes coupled with Stage 2 NREM sleep spindles and induces a severe slowing of rhythmic REM sleep oscillations, establishing overnight sleep recordings as a non-i...

A new set of upgrades to the International Space Stations Cold Atom Laboratory is allowing NASA to probe quantum mechanics at the coldest possible temperatures while in zero gravity.

Climate change is already having a big impact on crop yields, and the subsequent financial losses will continue to rise as the world keeps warming

A list of global space launches designed to calm cold war tensions and promote transparency has been missing from the UN's website for months

Climate change is already having a big impact on crop yields, and the subsequent financial losses will continue to rise as the world keeps warming

Separate teams discovered the same target in solid cancers, enabling a powerful two-pronged attack on both tumors and the cells shielding them. The post CAR T Revolutionized How We Treat Blood Cancers. Now Its Closing In...

At an event in London, mathematicians have made unexpectedly fast progress on formalising Fermat's last theorem using AI

Proving that one quantum measurement is more powerful than another has long been difficult. Physicists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Lund University and the University of Innsbruck have now developed and de...

Chinese researchers say they have overcome one of the trickiest problems of battery chemistry by developing a special gel.

Canon's newest release is a triumph for wildlife photographers who want a reliable, fast camera capable of producing beautiful images without having to go pro.

At an event in London, mathematicians have made unexpectedly fast progress on formalising Fermat's last theorem using AI