Science

Neandertals mastered fire-making tools 400,000 years ago

Archaeologists found flint, iron pyrite to strike it and sediments where a fire ...

From viruses to elephants, nature thrives on tiled patt...

A compilation of 100 examples of biological tilings shows how repeated natural m...

Bats might be the next bird flu wild card

Finding that vampire bats along Peru’s coast carried H5N1 antibodies raises conc...

Trucked-in honeybees may edge out bigger bumblebee fora...

The finding could guide beekeepers to keep hives out of most vulnerable areas of...

A look under the hood of DeepSeek’s AI models doesn’t p...

A peer-reviewed paper about Chinese startup DeepSeek's models explains their tra...

Some irritability is normal. Here’s when it’s not

Irritability is a normal response to frustrations, but it can sometimes signal a...

Huge relatives of white sharks lived earlier than thought

Lamniform sharks such as great whites and tiger sharks are famous for their size...

Drought may have doomed the ‘hobbits’ of Flores

Stalagmite data suggest Homo floresiensis faced prolonged drought that stressed ...

GLP-1 drugs failed to slow Alzheimer’s in two big clini...

Tantalizing results from small trials and anecdotes raised hopes that drugs like...

How male seahorses tap into their mothering side

By studying the genes responsible for the seahorse’s brood pouch, researchers un...

A CDC panel has struck down universal newborn hepatitis...

A reshaped vaccine committee voted to scale back newborn hepatitis B shots despi...

Big Neandertal noses weren’t made for cold

Tiny cameras threaded inside a Neandertal skull provide evidence that their big ...

Nanotyrannus is still not a teenage T. rex

Nanotyrannus wasn’t a juvenile T. rex but a petite adult of a separate species, ...

Chatbots spewing facts, and falsehoods, can sway voters

Chatbots that dole out fact-laden arguments can sway voters. Those facts don’t h...

How a bacterial toxin linked to colon cancer messes wit...

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its ...

A volcanic eruption might have helped bring the Black P...

A volcanic eruption may have triggered a deadly chain of events that brought the...