For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...
Sharp, solid stones form inside the human body more often than you might think. Watch and listen to episode two of The ...
This rare condition occurs when an abdominal pregnancy ends and the body calcifies foetal remains as a protective response.
The architecture of the body is not encoded as a formal blueprint; rather, it's the tightly orchestrated activation and ...
The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are ...
A new book by author Julian Sancton explores the lengthy quest to find the Spanish galleon—and the political firestorm that ...
The findings represent the oldest complete set of genetic information from this bacterial group and shed light on its ...
An ancient ancestor of spiders and relatives doubled its genome about 400 million years ago, setting the stage for the evolution of spinnerets.
Scientists have found compelling new evidence that humans, not glaciers, brought Stonehenge’s bluestones to the site. Using ...
Are Belle and Wise really the siblings we think they are, and what role did Carole Arna play in their upbringing?