Science
What Lucy fossil reveals about nudity and shame
The way Lucy has been depicted in newspapers, textbooks and museums shows how today’s cultural norms influence perceptions of the past.
Transforming skin cells into neurons for cell therapy.
A new, highly efficient process for performing this conversion could make it easier to develop…
Is there a fundamental logic to life?
Can scientists predict what life would be like on other planets based on what we…
Pig kidney transplanted into a living human
A genetically modified pig kidney has been successfully transplanted into a living human - and…
Lump in eye reveals crocodile parasite.
A lump that appeared in a woman's eye turned out to be a maggot, possibly…
Lasted Science
Baffling chronic pain eases after doses of gut microbes
The micro-organisms living in the human gut can affect many biological functions,…
Science sleuths flag hundreds of papers that use AI without disclosing it
Telltale signs of chatbot use are scattered through the scholarly literature —…
Ancient DNA reveals Phoenicians’ surprising genetic ancestry
Phoenician civilization thrived across the Mediterranean for more than 1,000 years.
How we’re battling Trump’s science cuts across small-town America
Neuroscientist Jessica Cantlon is urging scientists to use the power of local…
Infants encode short-lived hippocampal memories
A new functional magnetic resonance imaging study reveals that babies up to…
New map of landscape beneath Antarctica unveiled
The most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet…
Transforming skin cells into neurons for cell therapy.
A new, highly efficient process for performing this conversion could make it…
The oldest meteorite crater on Earth
The crater dates back 3.5 billion years, making it the oldest known…
