In a nutshell Synovial joints—the flexible, lubricated connections that allow smooth movement in our bodies—first appeared in the common ancestor of all jawed vertebrates but are absent in jawless ...

Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor.

Misha lived her whole life in zoos, but this elephant's teeth are now helping scientists reconstruct wildlife migrations. Geologists show how strontium isotopes found in teeth or tusks reveal where ...

A new method is developed to track dormant HIV-infected cells. This breakthrough may lead to new treatments that eliminate ...

By analyzing the DNA of Fulani people, researchers led by @HopkinsMedicine revealed a shared genetic component among all ...

Astronomers have figured out where a stream of long radio bursts is coming from, and its origin is unprecedented. Rather than ...

A study suggests Mars takes its red hue from a type of mineral that forms in cool water, which could reveal insights about whether Mars was ever able to support life.

A recent study published in Quaternary Research describes the discovery and identification of possible aardvark tracks and ...

expanding the tool for biological research. One can imagine using the technique to build better diagnostic tests to identify ...

UNSW scientists found that HFOs, marketed as eco-friendly refrigerants, degrade into harmful greenhouse gases, raising ...