Stanford study finds rapid brain cell evolution boosted human cognition but lowered autism gene activity, raising vulnerability.

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected witness to Earth’s distant past: tiny iron oxide stones called ooids. These mineral snowballs lock away traces of ancient carbon, revealing that oceans between ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical ...

A deformed human skull discovered over thirty years ago in central China is now upending what researchers believed they ...

An “emotional and inspiring” archaeological find of Paleolithic tools has revealed a long-lost prehistoric passage that may have enabled movement between Ayvalık and Europe. Continuous stretches of ...

In a new study, scientists have shown that chemical receptors that plants use to recognize nitrogen-fixing bacteria have ...

The oldest leech fossil revrites evolution. Leeches are some of the most hated creatures in the world, even though most ...

The new study adds to a mountain of evidence that autism is genetic, with up to 80 percent of cases linked to inherited gene ...

Scientists were left stunned by the hook-toothed, 167-million-year-old fossil which blends reptile characteristics.

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The majority (80%) of asset managers now view artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) as a key driver of ...

Browser fingerprinting is a sneaky way advertisers and others track you online. We explain how this surveillance technique ...