Biology Fossil Friday: fossils of the largest predatory dinosaur ever found in Europe, unearthed on the Isle of Wight June 10, 2022
Biology We now know which neurons in the brain control sickness symptoms like fever and loss of appetite June 9, 2022
Biology Wooden shipwrecks create new micro-ecosystems for deep-sea microbes June 9, 2022 - Updated on January 19, 2023
Agriculture Researchers just found out a tree in Borneo was actually two species. Indigenous populations have known for centuries June 7, 2022
Biology New study uncovers obscure and surprising effects of some painkillers on the human body June 3, 2022
Animals Were dinosaurs actually cold-blooded? New research says ‘not really’ May 27, 2022 - Updated on August 21, 2023
Animals Moving uphill to survive climate change is not the best option for hummingbirds May 27, 2022 - Updated on October 6, 2023
Animals Big brains helped clever mammals survive the last Ice Age that wiped out megafauna May 27, 2022
Biology Yorkicystis, the 500 million-year-old relative of starfish that could tell us how early life evolved May 26, 2022 - Updated on February 12, 2024
Archaeology Fossilized feces reveal that people migrated to Stonehenge to work and feast over winter May 23, 2022
Biology 830-million-year-old microorganisms found trapped in rock salt could still be alive May 17, 2022
Biology Long term space missions alter the brain’s cleaning systems, but no ill effects have been seen so far May 6, 2022
Agriculture Maybe not as good as you think: organic vegetables could be harboring disease-causing bacteria May 6, 2022
Biology New insight into coral-algae symbiosis aims to help reefs recover from mass bleaching May 3, 2022
Biology The good touch: researchers uncover the biological pathways that transmit pleasant touch May 2, 2022
Biology We now know how the bizarre platypus and echidna arrived to Australia from the Antarctic April 22, 2022 - Updated on February 9, 2024
Biology Pupil dilation can be used to diagnose aphantasia, the lack of visual imagination April 20, 2022
Biology Pterosaurs had feathers — but they weren’t used for flying April 20, 2022 - Updated on August 24, 2023
Biology Small and dangerous: 10 of the most dangerous human parasites ever discovered April 12, 2022 - Updated on May 2, 2023
Anatomy News Sweet remedy: Extract from wild blueberries can help heal wounds and repair muscles April 11, 2022
Biology Over 5,500 new viruses found in the ocean, including a missing link in viral evolution April 8, 2022
Biology Why did T-rex have short arms? A new hypothesis says “so other T-rex’s don’t bite them off” April 4, 2022 - Updated on March 13, 2023
Biology British botanist is first westerner to see Rafflesia banaoana, one of the rarest and largest ‘monster flowers’ in the world March 29, 2022
Biology Sharks really do sleep — and they do so with their eyes wide open March 17, 2022 - Updated on March 18, 2022
Animals Scientists inch closer to artificial rhino eggs to save species from extinction March 16, 2022
Biology A better potato: researchers sequence the tuber’s entire genome for the first time ever March 9, 2022
Biology A lot of plant genes actually come from bacteria. And this may explain the success of early land plants March 1, 2022 - Updated on January 5, 2023
Animals These African ticks survived for 8 years without food. Females laid eggs years after the last male had died February 23, 2022
Biology Researchers peer into the brain of birds as they’re singing their best song February 14, 2022
