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In surprising new research on the evolution of different forms of photosynthesis, scientists have found that the prized oxygen-making variety may be much older than anybody suspected, and that the […]

Studies of hunters and gatherers — and of chimpanzees, which are often used as stand-ins for human ancestors — have cast bigger, faster and more powerful males in the hunter […]

If a glue did not stick to the inside of the tube or bottle, you might think it must not be a very good glue. On the other hand, clinging […]

In 1962, the ecologist Robert Whitaker set out to categorize the different realms of life on Earth. Some were deserts, others tundra, still others tropical forests. He coined a word […]

Arsenic can poison people today through exposure to pesticides and pollution. But arsenic is also naturally present in the water and soil in some parts of the world. The Atacama […]

A small, newly discovered galaxy orbiting the Milky Way is emitting a surprising amount of electromagnetic radiation in the form of gamma rays, astronomers reported Tuesday. The finding may be […]

Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and at Googlereported on Wednesday in the journal Nature that they had made a significant advance that brings them a step closer […]

Researchers at Princeton University and their colleagues recently reported in the journal Science that termite mounds may serve as oases in the desert, allowing the plants that surround them to […]

Three-dimensional printers create inexpensive, striking prosthetics for children who are missing fingers.