The search for the universe’s dark matter could end tomorrow—given a nearby supernova and a little luck. The nature of dark matter has eluded astronomers… Read More »Astronomers Bet on Supernova to Unmask Dark Matter
Dr. Rachel Racicot, a researcher at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, together with her former student Joyce Sanks from Vanderbilt… Read More »Extinct Dolphin Had Advanced Hearing for Hunting in Murky Waters
Coelacanths are a remarkable group of fish that have long intrigued scientists due to their ancient lineage and distinctive anatomy. For decades, only two species… Read More »Scientists Discover New Species of Triassic Coelacanth
Recent estimates indicate that deadly antibiotic-resistant infections will rapidly escalate over the next quarter century. More than 1 million people died from drug-resistant infections each… Read More »Researchers Uncover the Hidden Costs of Antibiotic Resistance
Compared to the great apes, humans have an exceptionally long childhood, during which parents, grandparents and other adults contribute to their physical and cognitive development.… Read More »Ancient Teeth Reveal Clues to Human Evolution
The human body has various mechanisms to curb the growth and proliferation of cancer cells, with some of the most critical ones involving proteins like… Read More »p14ARF Disrupts Nucleolar Function to Suppress Tumor Growth
Recent research led by Dr. Ulrich Steiner and his team at Freie Universität Berlin has revealed surprising discoveries about how bacteria age, fundamentally altering scientists’… Read More »Scientists Uncover Asymmetry in Bacterial Aging
Scientists at Vilnius University’s Life Sciences Center (LSC) have uncovered a novel mechanism by which cells can silence specific genes without the need to cut… Read More »Researchers Uncover a Novel Gene Silencing Mechanism
By using ancient protein sequencing, researchers have retrieved genetic information from a 1.9 million year old extinct, giant primate that used to live in a… Read More »Ancient Protein Sequencing Reveals Gigantopithecus’ Closest Living Relative
Ancient humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans were genetically closer to each other than many modern species, such as polar bears and brown bears, according to a… Read More »Ancient Humans Were More Interbred Than Thought