Wood anatomy and growth patterns serve as critical indicators in ecological studies, offering deep insights into the history ...

Dr. Mikael Siversson, a prominent researcher in the field of Earth and planetary sciences, has dedicated decades to studying Cardabiodontids. His analysis of fossilized vertebrae led to the ...

The hostile immensity of space, with its absolute vacuum and deadly radiation, seems to forbid any form of life. Yet, a ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of 3.4 million-year-old fossils called the "Burtele Foot" discovered in Ethiopia in 2009, finding they belonged to an enigmatic human ancestor that lived alongside ...

Mercury is the innermost and smallest of the eight major planets in our Solar System, orbiting closest to the Sun. Though ...

The largest contributions in the history of the European Space Agency, €22.1bn, have been approved at its Council meeting at Ministerial level in Bremen, ...

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the evolutionary history of kissing, how moss spores fare in space, and new clues about the collision that created the moon.

Summary: Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum explore why consciousness evolved and why different species developed it in distinct ways. By comparing humans with birds, they show that complex ...

Scientists are digging into one of evolution’s strangest puzzles — why only certain creatures developed minds that know they ...

"One Hand Clapping" draws from neuroscience, evolution, philosophy and a rich tapestry of cultural references to examine how ...

Lucy, the famed 3.2-million-year-old fossil that transformed scientific understanding of humanity’s origins, has been placed ...

With the help of newly identified bones, an enigmatic 3.4-million-year-old hominin foot found in 2009, is assigned to a ...