September 25, 2017 This enzyme enabled life to conquer a hostile Earth Computers are simulating the ancestral versions of the most common protein on Earth, giving scientists an unparalleled look at early life's development of harnessing energy from the sun and production of oxygen.
January 4, 2017 Humans in 100,000 years: What will we look like? Homo sapiens have slowly evolved over thousands of millennia, but what happens when modern technology comes into play?
November 22, 2016 Is that a Yeti on a dashcam video in Russia? Could the dashboard video from a drive down a dark, winding, snowy road in the Russian countryside have turned up proof of the “missing link” that Yeti and Bigfoot chasers have been looking for?
May 2, 2016 What the animal world would look like if humans never existed If humans never existed, lions, saber–tooth tigers, 330–pound beavers and house-sized armadillos would be walking around Texas right now. A new study from researchers at Aarhus University demonstrates what the world would look like for mammals if the most destructive super predator of them all — Homo sapiens — had never been around.
May 2, 2016 Prehistoric ‘Scarface’ discovered Pacino has some pint-sized competition. Researchers have recently unveiled a newly discovered pre-mammal species named Ichibengops munyamadziensis — “Scarface of the Munyamadzi River.” The dachshund–sized prehistoric carnivore, which may have been venomous and lived 255 million years ago, earned this moniker from the groove on its upper jaw.
May 2, 2016 No tusks: Ancient walrus cousin looked more like a sea lion About 10 million years ago, a distant cousin of the modern walrus snapped at fish as it swam near the shore of what is now modern Japan, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 Not all African Pygmy groups grow the same way Not all African people of short stature — often referred to as Pygmies — grow alike, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 High temperatures make some lizards change sexes When some lizards can’t take the heat, they change sexes. In a recent study published in Nature, researchers in Australia revealed that rising temperatures are causing male Australian Bearded Dragons to change into females when developing in the egg. Not only that, but they make better mothers, laying more eggs than naturally born females.
May 2, 2016 'Proof' of little-known mass extinction found A little-known mass extinction may have killed up to about 80 percent of all vertebrates on land about 260 million years ago, researchers say
May 2, 2016 Mysterious humanlike species may have lived alongside 'Lucy' A newfound humanlike species may be another contender for the ancestor of the human lineage, researchers say
