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Hundreds of dog breeds share five distinct coat patterns, whose genes originated more than two million years ago in the extinct ancestor of dogs and wolves.
It's all about reproduction.
There's a reason why hit songs for every decade sound so different.
It's the first evidence of an execution by wild animals in Roman Britain.
Though not technically spiders, the daddy longlegs genome could be key to understanding arachnid evolution.
... because the overall odds are still very low.
They're much cheaper and environmentally friendly than lithium-ion batteries.
It's not what you think.
Our closest living relatives on the tree of life may also exhibit complex social cues that are paramount to joint commitment.
The study supports the idea that Neanderthals and Denisovans also emerged from Africa, but also shows their demographic fragility.
Fully vaccinated people can still get infected with SARS-CoV-2, but their risk of hospitalization and death is very low.
From droughts to flooding, every region of the planet is experiencing different consequences from the climate crisis, but no part is spared. In the new report, climate experts grouped under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) looked at the already visible and the upcoming climate effects, likely to soon aggravate as temperature rises. The […]
Researchers anticipate an even larger deficit of female births
How athletic performance changes with the menstrual cycle.
AM-III also works as a semiconductor, allowing it to transfer electrical current.
A parasite is coming for our bananas -- but science is here to stop it.
It's our last chance to transform the economy and prevent catastrophic climate damage.
In the future, it may be able to regenerate hair cells that restore hearing through drug therapies and gene editing.
Extreme heat and cold may arise from the same underlying mechanisms, with global warming as the common denominator.
A sigh of relief for students -- but student loan relief will definitively end in January.
It will be a wake up call for governments, urging them to act on the climate crisis
The licensed drug treats high cholesterol in the blood and may also work in treating COVID-19 patients.
Researchers found gnaw marks on most of the bones pointing to striped hyenas.
They're definitely not having a buzzing good time.
A long-lost piece from the monument brought some answers
It only works for those who have a somewhat conspiracy mindset. Those with entrenched views are less likely to get the vaccine no matter what.
I’m always down with more food and fewer heatwaves.
Researchers calculated the impact for the city of Barcelona
The stone palace may have been in use from 1420 to 1530.
Fewer burgers, more broccoli.
It's one of the smallest exoplanets found thus far
The fastest sprinter is the world right now is Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who won Olympic gold in the men’s 100-metre sprint with a time of 9.80 seconds. You might be surprised to learn that most of the explosive power displayed by Jacobs and other elite athletes doesn’t come from their muscles, or even from their […]
The tablet shows that ancient Babylonians used Pythagorean triples to survey plots of land a thousand years before Pythagoras was born.
Whether it’s Tom Brown, the principled captain of the cricket team in Tom Brown’s School Days, or Darrell Rivers playing lacrosse in Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers, or Harry Potter making the Quidditch team in his first year at Hogwarts, the sporting hero has long been a stalwart of children’s literature. The most popular child protagonists […]
Practice makes perfect!
No alchemy involved -- just clever science.
Women’s dress codes in sport are determined by “traditions” that are both outdated and gendered. Their outfits have long tried to reconcile notions of “femininity” with those of “athleticism”, but this process has turned women into objects to be admired rather than being valued for their sporting skills. However, there is recent rebellion in the […]
They painted it thousands of years before we got to Europe.
The Delta variant has changed the equation, and experts suggest we err on the side of caution.
This, unexpectedly, makes our vision a bit better.
More than 65% of the energy we use is wasted as heat.
The effect of sexual selection on females has been largely ignored in favor of the more pronounced and obvious effect on males.
More reasons to ditch this commonly used insecticide
The impact on their health is unclear but it can’t be too good.
The transition towards longer days may have allowed cyanobacteria enough breathing room to produce enough oxygen to dramatically and forever alter Earth’s atmosphere.
The future is here, and it looks drenched in
Although not yet conclusive, the findings are quite encouraging.
The acrobatic handsprings, somersaults and twists performed by world-class gymnasts at the Tokyo Olympics are among the most complex skills humans can perform. But at their heart is an instinctive process that can help teach us mere mortals how to stay safe from falls as we move much less spectacularly around our own environment. To […]
It's still pretty neat... but not as exciting as water.
That's a lot of "million years ago".
