2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (618+ words) Learn about the similarities between the wrist bones of humans and African apes, which may point to shared knuckle-walking roots." The human hand has evolved over millions of years to make the most of tools, while our ape cousins primarily…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (533+ words) Discover the newly identified box jellyfish " and see how its unusual traits reveal how much scientists still have to learn. A new species of box jellyfish has been discovered in Singapore's coastal waters. The highly venomous jelly, named Chironex blakangmati,…...

4+ day, 9+ min ago  (396+ words) Learn how NASA spacecraft tracked a record-breaking solar radio burst that circled the Sun for 19 days and what the signal reveals about how solar activity lingers in space. The event was tracked by several NASA missions, including Parker Solar Probe,…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (641+ words) Learn more about the canine distemper outbreak that could have reduced Yellowstone wolf pup populations to a historic low." Since the reintroduction of gray wolves in Wyoming " both inside and outside of Yellowstone National Park " about 30 years ago, this species…...

4+ day, 46+ min ago  (505+ words) Discover the ancient herders in eastern Africa who balanced herding, hunting, and gathering for centuries longer than previously thought. "These early herders didn't put all their eggs in one basket. They were keeping livestock, but they were also still fishing,…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (407+ words) Learn how compounds in coffee "turn on" bitter taste receptors, contributing to the drink"s distinctive flavor. Why does coffee taste bitter? It comes down to its molecular profile. Specifically, bitter tastants are detected by taste receptors like TAS2 R43. Using advanced…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (706+ words) Learn more about the newly identified species from the Arctic that were part of one of the longest living mammal groups on the planet." Fossilized teeth from the Prince Creek Formation in the Arctic Circle have been assigned to three…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (377+ words) Learn how birds and mammals share the same genetic toolkit that helps them develop their faces, and why they don't look the same." The face of a bird is much different from the face of a mammal. While birds tend…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (443+ words) Learn about the turbulent history of Abell 2029, a galaxy cluster that experienced a collision with a smaller galaxy cluster about four billion years ago." The galaxy cluster Abell 2029 may seem calm and collected at first glance, but a closer look…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (535+ words) Learn how archaeologists discovered that Ice Age rhino teeth may have been used by Neanderthals to shape, sharpen, and repair stone tools. Stone tools, animal bones, and sharpened antlers are all familiar parts of the Neanderthal toolkit. But researchers now…...