Michelle Starr
‘It doubles the time of origin of the human species’: How digital technology is rewriting the origin of humanity
An ancient skull, warped and damaged by the ravages of time and degradation, may have just altered our understanding of ...
Why do humans kiss? Scientists now think they know, and it’s kind of creepy
Nobody knows when kissing emerged among humans. But the practice of plopping one's mouth on another human, whether in friendship ...
Germs implicated in fall of great ancient civilizations, bone analysis shows
Thousands of years ago, across the Eastern Mediterranean, multiple Bronze Age civilizations took a distinct turn for the worse at ...
Our faces swarm with microscopic mites — and they are evolving to permanently merge with us
Most people on Earth are habitats for mites that spend the majority of their brief lives burrowed, head-first, in our ...
How a blobby, brainless, bright yellow slime mold is redefining our understanding of human cognition
This slime mold species has thrived, more or less unchanged, for a billion years in its damp, decaying habitats. And, ...
People with certain DNA sequences are much likelier to get severe COVID. Is that you?
A new study of thousands of COVID-19 patients has revealed eight genetic sequences that are more common in people who ...
DNA analysis shows ‘everyone had been wrong’ about mysterious Siberian unicorn
It didn't look much like the dainty unicorns of myth and legend, but the extinct unicorn of Siberia is even ...
Strange case of the man with a ‘large black hole’ in part of his brain
When an 84-year-old man in Ireland showed up at the doctor with complaints about being unsteady, the team found a ...
Hair loss? Stem cells offer promising cure
It's been theorised for years, but now human stem cells have resulted in hair growth for the very first time ...