Scientists Reveal Brain Structure of 20-Million-Year-Old Monkey
Findings like this can tell us what features of the brain were lost to evolution and which ones derive from a common ancestor.
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Findings like this can tell us what features of the brain were lost to evolution and which ones derive from a common ancestor.
An experiment has failed to find evidence of a particle meant to explain most of the universe’s mass - but the search isn’t over.
Breathing polluted air is bad for us in ways that go well beyond lung disease.
“The result suggests that dogs communicate distress to humans and that pet ownership is linked to greater emotional sensitivity to these sounds.”
The effects of pollution on human health are often subtle yet wide-reaching.
The spread has almost one-fourth of the fat and calories of real butter, but looks and feels like the real thing.
This announcement is an exciting step forward for those wondering whether extraterrestrial life exists in our own solar system.
Yet another intriguing example of scientists and doctors finding or rediscovering therapeutic uses for psychedelic drugs.
There’s more to the Moon than meets the eye, literally.
Let’s add “avoiding extra-evil spider colonies” to our list of reasons to fight climate change, please and thanks.
Okjökull, along with many other Icelandic glaciers, took serious hits from warming summers over the past two decades
The number of people afflicted and hospitalised with serious lung disease connected to vaping continues to grow.
The programme is part of a broader effort by the Portuguese government to enhance preventative measures in the wake of multiple high-profile fires in recent years.
This experiment demonstrates that in the future, researchers might be able to use the Sun as a source of light for quantum mechanics-related purposes.
It could be strong evidence of an important kind of stellar death that would have shaped early galaxies.
It’s not common that researchers discover what could be an entirely new part of the human body.
