Neandertal DNA recovered from cave mud reveals that these ancient humans spread across Eurasia in two different waves. Analysis of genetic material from three caves…
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As our planet orbits the sun, it swoops through clouds of extraterrestrial dust — and several thousand metric tons of that material actually reaches Earth’s…
The Serengeti looks largely like it did hundreds of years ago. Lions, hyenas and other top predators still stalk herds of wildebeests over a million…
The P.1 coronavirus variant first identified in Brazil may be twice as transmissible as earlier strains and may evade up to nearly half of immune…
Future Jurassic Park films could feature one weird new beast in the menagerie: a pterosaur nicknamed Monkeydactyl for its opposable thumbs. This flying reptile from…
An ancient coronavirus, or a closely related pathogen, triggered an epidemic among ancestors of present-day East Asians roughly 25,000 years ago, a new study indicates.…
First StepsJeremy DeSilvaHarper, $27.99 No other animal moves the way we do. That’s awfully strange. Even among other two-legged species, none amble about with a…
Efforts to promote equity and inclusion in science, technology, engineering and math have a long way to go, a new report suggests. Over the last…
Federal health officials in the United States are pressing pause on administering Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine following rare reports of blood clots in people…
Screams of joy appear to be easier for our brains to comprehend than screams of fear, a new study suggests. The results add a surprising…