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Named “Leti,” this is the first known skull belonging to a Homo naledi child—a fossil that’s shedding new light onto ...

About one-quarter of greenhouse gas emissions are associated with the manufacture of the products we use. While a small number ...

The fate of dog and man has been entwined for millennia (exactly how long is still a question, with estimates ...

Imagine systems, whether biological or artificial, with levels of intelligence equal to or far greater than human intelligence. Radically enhanced ...

[A new gene therapy to treat blindness] relies on something called optogenetics. The idea is to edit nerve cells collected ...

[R]adio signals continue to be the most popular SETI target, as focused radio emissions could signal the presence of an ...

[A]ll Republicans want to talk about right now is meat, and how Joe Biden is planning to limit you to ...

Severe traumatic brain injuries, the sort caused by life-threatening accidents or assault that can send people into comas, are very ...

Fossil evidence of [Homo floresiensis and Homo luzonensis found in Southeast Asia], described in 2004 and 2019 respectively, suggests these ...

[Are animals] entirely free from the temporal plane? Do they perceive it in any way? Do some species perceive it ...

[The 14-day limit for human embryo research was originally] chosen because it’s only after this stage that the central nervous ...

[An] experimental drug—delivered via nasal spray—could help the immune system fend off all sorts of respiratory infections. The treatment is ...

There’s no shortage of morbid curiosity surrounding death. But according to the researchers behind this project, known as the Death ...

First: Could we populate another planet with genetically modified organisms? Second: Should we? … Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Professor of Planetary Habitability and Astrobiology ...

[A new] disease, caused by the Chapare virus, killed three people and is thought to have sickened at least five during [an] ...

A new Perspectives essay published in Science describes the contributions of biologist Charles H. Turner (1867-1923), an American zoologist whose “early discoveries ...

The difference between a healthy person’s cough and the cough of someone infected with [SARS-CoV-2] is so slight that it’s ...

There are various ongoing efforts to train sniffer dogs to detect covid-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. If dogs prove to be reliable in detecting ...

Nootropics, also called smart drugs, have become one of the fastest-growing segments of the supplement industry. They’re marketed as products that can ...

Prior to the last ice age, somewhere between 112,000 and 122,000 years ago, two humans, possibly three, walked south along the shore ...

[A]s a new Science: Perspectives article points out, it’s not just humans who get fooled by magic tricks. Many species of animals ...

[P]atients taking opioids for chronic pain can produce antibodies to the drugs, which could help explain some of the side-effects ...

The reign of woolly rhinos, which lasted for millions of years, came to an abrupt end some 14,000 years ago, ...

Garlic, onion, wine, and a dash of bovine bile. It’s a veritable witch’s brew, but as a new Scientific Reports paper shows, this ...

Galactic cosmic radiation remains a troubling impediment to a sustained human presence in space. This unresolved problem is starting to ...

[A] Vox article written by a primary care doctor in Washington D.C. laid out an imminent and frightening pandemic scenario, based on ...

[Children with COVID-19] can suffer everything from headaches to muscle weakness, along with visible signs of damage to the brain ...