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Finding fossilized remains of dinosaurs is one thing, but now, paleontologists have discovered proteins dating back to 195 million years ago.
The meager frog employs a very complex mechanism.
It's also probably related to you.
Researchers have found a very old and "alien like" insect and they've decided it doesn't fit anywhere in the current tree of life.
It was adorable, but also terrifying.
Worry and excitement, all in one paper.
Utilizing rigorous, state-of-the-art methods researchers have confirmed the presence of collagen in the fossil of an 80-million-year-old Brachylophosaurus.
A tiny moth species has been named Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, becoming the first species to bear the name of the US president elect.
There's no proof. But the conditions were right for it to happen.
Shark males might become redundant. Just kidding - but this is really groundbreaking.
Sex is good for more than just procreation.
It's not just the predator - the prey plays a big role too.
To this day, menopause remains a puzzling concept.
It was a brachiopode after all - who would have guessed?
Geoscientists working in South America have uncovered an ancient berry.
"Ants are smarter than we give them credit for" is something we seem to write a lot - and yet it happened again.
It's the 79th organ in the human body.
Even without a brain, this cell blob can not only learn, but also pass on its experiences.
Scientists are trying to de-extinct ancient cows called aurochs.
Cell() { Turn_Younger('happier_rodents'; null); }
Turns out they argue. A lot.
It's a call unlike any other we've heard before.
Scientists working in the southwest Indian Ocean have described six new bizarre deep-sea creatures - unfortunately, in an area slated for mining operations.
These larvae are basically just swimming heads.
This beautiful, eerie creature has been captured on film for the first time.
One foot in front of the other.
It's like a pacemaker for your insulin.
A monkey could speak just as well as you or me, were it to have the dedicated neural machinery.
Strike two.
The buzz of the ocean.
Hardy little things too.
Real-time evolution, what more proof do you need?
Who needs oxygen when you got ... sulfur?
The intellectual reward of Microbes from Hell is a pleasure, despite an occasionally challenging journey.
Tap, tap, microbe map.
That's a lot of coat.
The Theory of Evolution has not been proven wrong once -- that's not to say it's perfect.
Most ants scavenge your picnic, but these ones don't need anything.
We've only seen the tip of the surface.
Silly bacteria, carbon-based life is best life!
A photoreceptor related to odor proteins was found inside the worms -- it could lead to a new generation of better sunscreens.
Researchers think this method could help patients with PTSD and phobias.
It's the plot of a dark vampire movie.
Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for millions of years, but they took it slowly.
Just because they enjoy the opposite sex doesn't mean they're bad dads.
Stop blaming your computer.
Researchers have found an intriguing resemblance between the human cells and neutron stars.
Just like humans and Neanderthals interbred, so too did chimps and bonobos.
Just in time for Christmas too.
These tiny beings could hold a huge store of data.
