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Category: Biology
This 400 Million Year Old Fish Brain Is Rewriting the Story of Human Evolution
Over 400 million years ago, a world of strange, armored fish thrived in the warm, shallow seas that would one…
This New Dinosaur Was No Bigger Than a House Cat but It Is Rewriting History
The bones were astonishing the moment they emerged from the rock. Not because they were massive or fearsome, but because…
Your Body Might Be Slowing Down Its Own Healing to Save Your Life
Anyone who has watched a scraped knee linger or a pulled muscle take its time to mend later in life…
Exoskeletons: The Technology Turning Humans into Super-Hulks
The idea of amplifying human strength has haunted the human imagination for centuries. Myths speak of heroes endowed with supernatural…
Meet the 5 Centimeter Amphibian That Outlasted the Dinosaurs for Millions of Years
One hundred and fifty million years ago, the Late Jurassic world was loud with giants. Dinosaurs dominated the land, their…
Meet the Million Year Old Kākāpō Relative That Might Have Actually Flown
Near Waitomo on Aotearoa’s North Island, a quiet cave has been holding its breath for a million years. Long before…
The Universe Was in a Huge Hurry to Grow Up and This New Discovery Proves It
In the deep darkness of the early universe, only about a billion years after everything began, something astonishing was already…
Scientists Found an Ancient Brain Rhythm That Links Your Sleep to 300 Million Year Old Reptiles
Sleep feels intimate and personal, something that happens quietly behind closed eyes. Yet beneath that stillness, brains hum with activity.…
9 Planets Where It Rains Diamonds, Glass, and Acid
Rain is one of the most intimate experiences we have with a planet. On Earth, rain smells like soil and…
10 Biggest Stars in the Known Universe
When we look up at the night sky, most stars appear as tiny pinpricks of light—quiet, distant, almost delicate. But…
5 Future Technologies That Will Extend the Human Lifespan
Human beings have always been haunted by time. Every wrinkle, every gray hair, every slowing step is a reminder that…
5 Prehistoric Animals That Are Still Alive Today
The word “prehistoric” often conjures images of colossal dinosaurs, ferocious predators, and vanished worlds frozen in stone. It suggests a…
6 Scientific Proofs of How the Earth Has Changed Over Billions of Years
Earth often feels stable beneath our feet, a solid and enduring home that seems immune to the passage of time.…
10 Terrifying Facts About Black Holes
Black holes occupy a unique place in human imagination. They are real, rigorously studied objects predicted by the laws of…
7 Everyday Chemicals That Are Surprisingly Dangerous
Modern life feels clean, controlled, and technologically sophisticated. We live surrounded by products designed to make our days easier, safer,…
Horses Can Smell Human Fear and It Completely Changes Their Behavior
Standing beside a horse often feels like a meeting of minds. There is the warmth of a large body, the…
This Common Blood Protein Is Secretly a Superhero Against Deadly Black Fungus
For decades, albumin has quietly flowed through the human bloodstream, known mainly as the most abundant protein in blood and…
Scientists Finally Found the Missing Body of the World’s Most Elusive Human Relative
In the sun-baked landscape of East Turkana in northern Kenya, time has a way of holding onto secrets. For decades,…
Scientists Found a Woolly Rhino’s Last Meal Inside a 14,000-Year-Old Wolf Pup
Long before written history, humans shared their world with a creature so striking that it demanded to be remembered in…
Scientists Discover That Same Sex Behavior in Primates Is a Secret Survival Strategy
For centuries, people have watched animals closely and still missed something that was happening right in front of them. Across…
Scientists Finally Found the Ghost Ancestor of the Entire Animal Kingdom
In the quiet depths of the ancient ocean, long before the first footprints marked the land, a mystery was brewing.…