Biology Modern rainforests were born when the dinosaurs died, a new paper explains April 7, 2021 - Updated on April 15, 2021
Biology How scientists discovered a new law of nature that explains why animals grow ‘pointy’ parts March 30, 2021 - Updated on August 22, 2023
Biology Scientists build artificial cell — and it grows and divides just like the real thing March 30, 2021
Biology Fossil Friday: we might have found the earliest known cephalopod, extending the family’s history by 30 million years March 26, 2021
Animals Giant Australian flightless bird was ‘extreme evolutionary experiment’ March 24, 2021 - Updated on July 20, 2023
Agriculture Timelapse reveals the hidden dance of roots — and how mutant plants do it differently March 19, 2021
Biology Scientists observe nanobots coordinating inside a living host for the first time March 18, 2021
Biology Researchers find four strains of bacteria on the ISS — three are completely new to science March 16, 2021
Biology Ancient lightning could have sparked life on Earth March 16, 2021 - Updated on March 17, 2021
Biology Some mushrooms can squeeze through tiny spaces, but they need to make sacrifices March 16, 2021
Biology No body required: sea slugs can regenerate new bodies from their severed heads alone March 8, 2021
Biology One of the largest ecosystems on Earth lives beneath the seafloor and eats radiation byproducts March 3, 2021
Animals Cuttlefish can delay gratification alongside humans, chimps, and some birds (so far) March 3, 2021 - Updated on October 7, 2023
Animals The trap-jaw is the fastest in the world — and it independently evolved several times in ants March 2, 2021
Biology Dino unearthed in Argentina is likely the oldest titanosaur we’ve ever seen March 2, 2021 - Updated on February 9, 2024
Biology Quartz in ancient bird stomach sheds new light on what it would have eaten February 19, 2021 - Updated on August 24, 2023
Anthropology Neanderthals and humans used the Levallois technology, a new study shows February 15, 2021 - Updated on August 3, 2021
Biology New compound shows promise against hard-to-kill pancreatic and breast cancers, in mice February 11, 2021
Animals Sawfish could soon become completely extinct if we don’t stop overfishing, says a study February 11, 2021
Biology Living fossil fish has 62 copies of a “parasite gene” humans share too — we have no idea how they got there February 10, 2021
Biology Some sperm cells swim faster and even poison their competition to climb to the top February 8, 2021
Animals World’s smallest reptile comfortably fits on your fingertip February 1, 2021 - Updated on February 2, 2021
Biology Tyrannosaurus rex started life as large as a Border Collie, a new paper reports January 26, 2021 - Updated on March 13, 2023
Biology Fossil dino discovered in Argentina might have been the largest-ever animal on dry land January 20, 2021
Biology Male butterflies ‘dibs’ their mates with a repulsive odor to ward off other suitors January 19, 2021 - Updated on January 8, 2024
Biology What made the development of the COVID-19 vaccine unique in history January 13, 2021 - Updated on May 6, 2023
