How pearls achieve nanoscale precision
Mollusks do what humans can't.
In research that could inform future high-performance nanomaterials, a University of Michigan-led team has uncovered for the first time how...
Scientists find way to increase the effectiveness of antibiotics to fight superbugs
A project driven by EMBL Australia researchers at Monash University and Harvard University has found a way to make antibiotics more effective against antibiotic-resistant...
Are human burial practices messing up Earth’s ecosystems?
Life depends on death — living things die, decompose and eventually become nutrients for other life.
But when humans die, we’re often embalmed and buried...
Scientists find a previously unknown mass extinction event
Sixty-three percent.
That’s the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula around 30 million years ago, after Earth’s climate shifted...
When our Earth’s single most important evolutionary innovation originated
Sometime in Earth’s early history, the planet took a turn toward habitability when a group of enterprising microbes known as cyanobacteria evolved oxygenic photosynthesis...
Scientists reveal new explanation for the rise of ocean animals
A study from Yale and Georgia Tech offers a new context for a pivotal step in the evolution of life on Earth: the dramatic...
Genetics play a big role in high blood pressure in women
In a new study from the Smidt Heart Institute, researchers found that contrary to common belief, the risk of developing high blood pressure has...
Female hummingbirds avoid harassment by looking as flashy as males, shows study
Much like in human society, female hummingbirds have taken it into their own hands to avoid harassment.
By watching white-necked Jacobin hummingbirds in Panama, researchers...
Watch this slow but deadly tortoise hunt a baby bird
A predator doesn’t need to have the quickest speed or reflexes to catch a bird.
In a paper published in the journal Current Biology, researchers...
Do you think you’re exclusively straight?
Scientific research has shown that sexuality exists on a spectrum. But how certain are people about where they fit on it?
A new University of...