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Scientists have uncovered tiny new fossils of Purgatorius, the earliest known relative of all primates, including humans, in ...

Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new Johns Hopkins University study finds. The work demonstrates that ...

If you’ve ever experienced dental pain, you've probably wondered why our teeth would evolve to function like an oversensitive alarm system.

There have been around 945 episodes of Star Trek, spread across more than a dozen shows, aired over sixty years. Yet for all the times Starfleet crew members have probed the intricacies of alien civil ...

For every recognized vertebrate species, there are on average two unrecognized, or "cryptic" species, according to a new ...

A new study examining fossil evidence shows large land predators were already hunting big plant-eating animals more than 280 ...

While companies developing drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease have spent decades and many billions of dollars targeting ...

Your brain begins as a single cell. When all is said and done, it will house an incredibly complex and powerful network of ...

For four decades, a controversial idea has shaped how autism is understood by researchers, healthcare professionals and the ...

A vortex tube splits a stream of air into hot and cold! This is how it works and why it doesn't violate the second law of thermodynamics.

For four decades, a controversial idea has shaped how autism is understood by researchers, healthcare professionals and the public: the claim that autistic people are “mind ...