Urea is considered a possible key molecule in the origin of life. ETH researchers have discovered a previously unknown way in ...

While laughter is often considered uniquely human, tied to language and sense of humor, all great apes produce remarkably ...

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...

The transition to agriculture and a sedentary lifestyle is one of the great turning points in human history. Yet how this ...

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At this year's Living Planet Symposium, attendees heard how ESA's Next Generation Gravity Mission could provide the first ...

When two stars orbit one another in such a way that one blocks the other's light each time it swings around, that's an ...

What if electricity and magnetism, usually considered as separate or even competing forces in materials, could actually work ...

Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Queen Mary University of London have discovered that a new generation of ash ...

A dataset unveiled today more than doubles the documented stream miles in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, elevating the total ...

When phones or computers are recycled, small amounts of important materials get discarded. Those minute amounts of cobalt, ...