When plant biologist Jing-Yi Lu was earning his bachelor’s degree in Taiwan, he began to take note of the local flora. He paid particular attention to the lipstick vines, which, in Taiwan, have short, ...

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Why it matters: A controlled infection experiment aboard the International Space Station shows that in space, even microscopic life is governed by different physical rules. Understanding how microbes ...

The molecular clock theory posits that genetic changes happen steadily and gradually, offering a reliable means for peering into the past and theorizing when complex life first emerged. However, there ...

Shriners Children's Portland is honoring the leader of a local fundraising organization that raised $1 million for the non-profit pediatric hospital.Shriners ho UO Hazards Lab warns $2M shortfall ...

To keep pace with Russia’s drone tactics, Ukraine must expand its mid-range drone strike capabilities. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches its fifth year, the character of the war continues to ...

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from new developments in ape cognition to an expanded perspective of a ...

(CNN) — Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. If I tried to recap all the new fossils, new methods and ...

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If there’s one thing I’ve learned from the Jurassic Park movies, it’s that running a dinosaur theme park isn’t easy. It’s a constant balancing act of keeping your employees satisfied, making your park ...

I love the original Jurassic Park, and anything dinosaur-related in general, so I was excited to get my hands on Jurassic World Evolution 3, the latest entry in ...