Five years on from the first news of COVID, recent reports of an obscure respiratory virus in China may understandably raise ...

As a caterpillar, a grass skipper butterfly is an architect. It builds its home by weaving silk, which the caterpillar uses ...

Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. Suggestions ...

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While male brains tended to be greater in volume than female brains, when adjusted for total brain volume, female infants on ...

News stories about the likely existence of extraterrestrial life, and our chances of detecting it, tend to be positive. We are often told that we might discover it any time now. Finding life beyond ...

The outer ear is unique to mammals, but its evolutionary origin has remained a mystery. According to a new study published in ...

Getting a good night’s sleep is a critical part of our daily biological cycle and is associated with improved brain function, ...

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The Ségognole 3 rock shelter, known since the 1980s for its artistic engravings of two horses in a Late Palaeolithic style on either side of a female pubic figuration, has now ...

Fiber is well known to be an important part of a healthy diet, yet less than 10% of Americans eat the minimum recommended ...