Category Science

For decades, archaeologists have been digging up enigmatic hominin fossils across East and Southeast Asia. They clearly didn’t belong to our own species, Homo sapiens, nor did they fit neatly…

Not long after humankind’s emergence in Africa, Homo sapiens were off to explore the rest of the world. Yet, across the ancient timeline, the land that ancient humans walked upon…

Sweat is something that your body produces all the time, and while it may be sticky, it’s also super important: It helps hold your body temperature at a healthy level,…

Karolinska Institutet (KI), a globally recognized medical university, has transformed how it manages and shares research information by adopting an integrated solution powered by Symplectic Elements and Figshare. These tools have enabled KI to…

Climate change is impacting bowhead whales and the Arctic food web, and it stinks — literally.  New research from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) looked at the fecal matter…

In just a few days, an asteroid the size of an airplane will pass by Earth, but there’s no need to ring the alarm bells. That’s because the asteroid, named…

Deep-sea brittle stars are always on the move. That’s what a new study seems to suggest, anyway, after analyzing thousands of brittle star specimens and finding that the spiky, star-shaped…

Long before the Grand Canyon became a hotspot for tourism, it was a hub of ancient animal activity. All kinds of marine animals lived in the area back when it…

For many people living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), saying ‘I love you’ to a partner or child is impossible. ALS is a progressive neurological disease that leads to complete…

Approximately every three minutes, one person in the US is diagnosed with blood cancer, adding up to an estimated 1.7 million people in the States living with or in remission…