Throughout history, Jews have been denounced as “moneylenders,” yet, as Carl Menger noted, there are very good reasons why ...

While mirror bacteria may sound like a fun time, a group of 40 renowned scientists conclude it is probably not worth the risk.

Earth's oxygen-rich atmosphere faces a finite lifespan of about 1.08 billion years before a sharp decline, according to a ...

Earth’s magnetic field nearly collapsed long ago. What saved it explains why life survived and why the planet remains ...

I asked the well known “Grok” what he “thought” about Słowacki’s  views on the origin of life on Earth based on the ...

As organisms develop from embryos, groups of cells migrate and reshape themselves to form all manner of complex tissues.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have a unique resource in the form of the Center for Biomolecular ...

A new Nature Communications study has tracked these lulls in cassiopea jellyfish, which belong to a 500 million year-old ...

A new way of analysing fossils has revealed more about animals and environments of ancient times, when humans were evolving.

Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than a half billion years ago, showing a deep-water ecosystem thriving in the aftermath of the ...

Far from Earth's gravitational pull, a simple viral infection took on a new evolutionary direction. A study conducted aboard the ISS found that when bacteria and ...

Ferns switch between male and hermaphrodite forms, a process driven by chemical signals. Research shows the plant hormone auxin is key, triggering new growth centers when a male signal is absent.