Category: 9. Sci/Tech

When modern humans arrived in Western Europe, they took their love of shells along with them. That’s what a new analysis in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences seems to suggest, after identifying the oldest shell workshop in all…

“The biggest challenge is how to make this egg extrude half of its chromosomes—and the correct half,” Amato says. “We’re not quite there yet.” The team dubbed their technique “mitomeiosis” and is trying to better understand how…

If you have studied almost any European language, you will have noticed words that felt oddly…

If you were a butterfly, would you rather choose bright, statement colors to warn predators of your toxicity, or hide among the foliage with an appearance adapted to the environment, avoiding detection in the first place?

Since prey animals cannot…

Mushrooms may not be the first food that comes to mind when we imagine the diets of wild…

A newly developed system to deliver tiny capsules containing anti-inflammatory proteins to…

A newly developed vaccine that was found to prevent dangerous immune reactions and…

New archaeological research suggests that some Stone Age Europeans used vibrant blue pigments…

Warning signs like high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol or glucose levels precede almost…