Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that giant embryonic cells divide—without relying on the classic “purse-string” ring long thought essential for splitting a cell in two. Studying ...

New research shows that the earliest sponges were soft bodied and lacked skeletons, explaining why their oldest fossils are ...

It's time to stop bickering, accept what science tells us, acknowledge the widespread occurrence of intentional behavioral flexibility, and pay attention to why it has evolved.

This study presents a valuable finding on the mutational order for common alterations in colorectal cancer. The evidence of in vitro growth assays comparing mutations is solid, although inclusion of ...

Some important news last week was a bit lost in the maelstrom: a major British supermarket is to stop selling mackerel. I know Trump has attacked Iran, and Britain inches closer, every day, to ...

This week, the newest game in the Pokémon franchise arrives with the long-awaited debut of Pokopia. I played the company’s first-ever life-simulation game to see if it was worth the wait.

Even in the ultra-dry Atacama Desert, tiny soil-dwelling nematodes are thriving in surprising diversity. Scientists found ...

This article addresses why wire fencing is now the ideal blend of functionality and affordability, an option that is dependable for any property.

According to the data considered by its authors—a team from the University of Sussex (UK) and Lund University ...

In the movie Hoppers, scientists “hop” human consciousness into animal-like robots to talk to other species. We asked the ...

A resurrected ancient enzyme is helping scientists test how reliably Earth’s oldest rocks record signs of life.

The Evo2 genomic language model can generate short genome sequences, but scientists say further advances are needed to write ...