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The New Guinea singing dog and the Highland Wild Dog still active in the wild may represent the same unique breed.
But they would be impossible to create with today's technology.
Lystrosaurus may be the oldest hibernating vertebrate in the fossil record.
Digital payments already outnumber cash transactions.
Bad news for more than a third of Americans and Brits.
This nuanced 'cheat sheet' shows when and where the risk of coronavirus transmission is greatest or lowest.
Just a tiny dose of LSD significantly improved tolerance to painful stimuli and reduced subjective experience of pain.
Waking up in someone else's body is no longer the realm of fiction.
Even though they might be exposed to outer space for years, bacteria can still survive on the surface of a spacecraft.
The formulation is longer-acting than current drugs and is less vulnerable to mutation-related drug resistance.
People dealing with stress and depression as a result of past trauma may experience poorer brain performance.
The ancient products of star explosions have been found in deep sea sediments on Earth.
Mounting evidence suggests that caffeine is associated with negative pregnancy outcomes.
The mysterious rectangular stone structures may have served a ritualistic purpose.
Although the lineages of flies and humans diverged half a billion years ago, we're both tricked by the same optical illusions.
Let's get some things straight about auto-euroticism.
We don't know much more about treating hiccups than centuries ago.
Smartphone accelerometers can record 'drunk gaits'.
The two respiratory illnesses are caused by different viruses, so both symptoms and the period of contagion will vary.
Oils found in catnip makes felines enter a frenzy of delight. No worries, it's non-addictive and harmless.
The findings may lead to new treatments for eye problems in both humans and animals.
Insect and cephalopod vision may have half a billion-year-old roots.
The findings may help answer how the first primitive creatures appeared on Earth.
Humans aren't always the bad guys.
A must-read for anyone looking to cure their "number numbness".
Zombified cells found in sediments deep beneath the ocean floor use slightly more than a zeptowatt of power to survive.
Locust swarms threaten food security for millions of people. But the same biology that makes them so dangerous could be used against them.
The primate voice box seems to be exceptional in the animal kingdom.
If confirmed, this theory suggests that information is a physical state of matter.
A novel polymer coating turns the familiar red bricks into blue semiconductors.
Many are cherishing their dearly departed by literally turning them into jewelry they can always wear.
Soothing pheromones make peace between the two species living in the same household.
Seismic activity on Mars shows that there are three boundary layers between the planet's surface and iron-rich core.
The effects of the explosion have now been mapped from space.
Complex criminal organizations are very resilient to disruption. A novel approach may help law enforcement tackle them.
Terraforming is still science fiction, but these visualizations show what might be possible.
Whenever distinct groups of humans and their ancestors overlapped in space and time, interbreeding was just around the corner.
This pristinely preserved scene in fossilized amber is an extremely rare example of ancient predation in action.
There are at least four older coronaviruses that cause the common cold, and previous exposure to them may provoke an immune response against the virus for COVID-19 too.
The powerful hallucinogenic brew provokes long-lasting changes in two important brain networks.
Most of the calcium in the universe may have been generated by massive exploding stars.
The Neolithic people in the Arabian peninsula independently arrived at the same technology.
CBD may improve sports performance by reducing stress, anxiety, and inflammation.
Keto is the fad diet of the decade, but does it really work and is it safe?
A new study casts doubt over the conventional view of what early Mars looked like.
Isotopes in the food we eat builds up in our hair, revealing intimate details about diet and income.
Medicare is a federal health insurance program that pays for a variety of health care expenses. Here's a rundown of the most important things you need to know about Medicare.
Kratom is an opioid-like herbal supplement with potential medical applications, but with many dangerous side effects.
The leg regenerates the battery every time it touches the ground. It's also much quieter than existing prosthethics.
Scientists analyzed the genomes of the living descendents of the victims of the African slave trade.
