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The 557-million-year-old specimen challenges the theory that animal body plans were laid out in the Cambrian explosion.
Qikiqtania, a fossil fish
Human beings are descendants of these early tetrapods – at least those who made a new life on land.
An interactive “globe of notability” shows the curious correspondences and the strange landscape of global fame.
The "Mind After Midnight" hypothesis aims to explain why night owls tend to suffer more negative health outcomes.
It is wrong to think that these three statements contradict each other. We need to see that they are all true to see that a better world is possible.
Horses pranced around the western hemisphere until they went extinct in the late Holocene. They were reintroduced by European colonists — though where, when, and how has remained unclear.
There's an extremely good chance that there is, or at least was, life on Mars. But is it native to Mars, or did it originate from Earth?
heart muscle
Heart muscle is shaped like a spiral, a mystery that has eluded scientists since 1669. New research has recreated the structure.
celibacy
While becoming a monk is an evolutionary dead end for the individual, celibacy reaps benefits for the group as a whole.
COVID nasal spray
It’s simple to make, easy to use, and should work against any variant.
As technology advances, the use of laser weapons in space becomes more likely.
upload brain
Uploading your mind is not a pathway to immortality. Instead, it will create a possibly hostile digital doppelgänger.
mummy brown
Rare and costly paints have shaped art history in unforeseen ways. Mummy brown caused one artist to bury his paint.
A food safety researcher explains another way to know what’s too old to eat.
Let's hope that squid don't evolve lungs and legs, or humanity might be in real trouble.
graphyne
A two-dimensional material made entirely of carbon called graphene won the Nobel Prize in 2010. Graphyne might be even better.