Oxygen is a vital and constant presence on Earth today. But that hasn't always been the case. It wasn't until around 2.3 ...

Rove beetles have evolved a neat trick to survive. They cloak themselves in ant pheromones, allowing them to enter and remain ...

Duplicated genes that appear in every branch of the tree of life can provide us with insight into the evolution that occurred ...

They race, they spin, they shoot. Meet the organisms for which physical prowess is more than sport—it’s a matter of life and death ...

Guillain-Barré Syndrome Presenting as Pseudo-Cerebellar Syndrome: A Case Report from a Resource-Limited Setting in Sub-Saharan Africa Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is the most frequent cause of acute ...

A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a completely unknown form of multicellular life, according to a new study.

Shared meanings create institutions with real power. They also enable us to construct personal narratives that give our lives ...

Ancient duplicated genes are giving scientists their first real clues about what life was like before all life on Earth shared a common ancestor.

The finding "may be the hidden answer to more tectonic mysteries than we’ve previously realized," said geologist Adam Smith.

Jj Measer sits at a computer editing his short film "Pass Time" on Nov. 1, 2024, at the Jonathan B. Murray Center in Columbia. Measer’s film was selected to play during the True/False Film Fest, which ...

Late in 2024, astronomers spotted a new near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4. By mid-2025, its improved orbit tracking raised an unusual possibility: the space rock could hit the Moon on Dec.

Bats, critical reservoirs of viruses with significant cross-species spillover risks, have long been understudied in the Indochina Peninsula. A study ...