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“These objects collect the dark matter that helps them become a dark dwarf. The more dark matter you have around, the more ...

A chimpanzee named Juma turned out to be quite the trendsetter. He picked up a blade of grass and stuck it in his ear, a ...

Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a system that mimics natural selection inside living mammalian cells ...

The drug is Ambroxol. It’s been used for decades to treat respiratory ailments by thinning mucus and easing coughs. But now, ...

The OTOF gene encodes otoferlin, a protein that plays a critical role in hearing. It helps transmit sound signals from the ...

In a new study, participants from China, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom consistently rated men with low-to-moderate body ...

Poveglia is a layered time capsule of tragedy. It was once a bustling community which was turned into a quarantine zone, then into a psychiatric hospital, then fell into ruin. And while it’s often ...

Credit: Asaase Radio. If you’ve ever sent an email, streamed a video, or checked your bank account, chances are your data traveled across an undersea cable. The internet, often thought of as ...

The Neutral Theory Gould’s argument clashed with traditional views of evolution as a process guided primarily by natural selection. Instead, he highlighted the interplay between randomness and ...

An 8 kg nugget from Victoria, Australia. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Deep beneath the Earth’s crust, a geological mystery has puzzled scientists for decades: how do large, pure gold nuggets form ...

A Trunk’s Life Story The discovery also ties into the bigger picture of elephant evolution. Asian and African elephants have long been known to differ in the structure of their trunks, but this ...