In the depths of the universe, where black holes collide and neutron stars crash, invisible ripples in spacetime are sent across the cosmos, carrying with them secrets about the most extreme events in ...

Little Foot, a 3.67 million-year-old human ancestor, is getting a digital facial reconstruction after her skull was crushed in a cave.

Plant science research has increasingly shifted focus toward understanding the complex mechanisms that enable crops to withstand abiotic stresses such as ...

An international team of physicists has uncovered a subtle but important twist in how “memory” works in quantum systems.

Certain species of wasps and frogs share a pain and inflammation peptide similar to one found in vertebrates to help defend against predators—a discovery that contributes to a shifting view of how ...

In a study (DOI: 10.1016/j.ese.2026.100677) published in Environmental Science and Ecotechnology on February 12, 2026, researchers from Tsinghua University, the Kunming Institute of Zoology (Chinese ...

A few teeth, smaller than a grain of rice, are changing the map of your earliest primate relatives. They come from a creature called Purgatorius, a tiny tree-dwelling mammal that lived about 66 ...

Plant biologist Molly Edwards started a science communication business called Science IRL to showcase the exciting and curious side of science.

Ever wonder why you love your significant other? "Bonded By Evolution: The Science of Love and Connection" explores the ...

A research team led by Profs. ZHU Min, LU Jing, and ZHU You'an from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and ...

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

A fossil that would fit on a baby’s fingertip has revealed fresh clues about the evolution of the earliest-known relative of all primates, including humans. Remains of the now extinct shrew-sized ...