Researchers Recreate Skull of Mysterious Neanderthal Cousin

Researchers Recreate Skull of Mysterious Neanderthal Cousin

Researchers have for the first time restructured Denisovans' skeletal features, using DNA methylation (chemical changes), to understand how the long–lost human relative looked like,...

Research: Establishing the molecular blueprint of early embryo development —

A team of biologists, physicists and mathematical modellers in Cambridge have studied the genetic activity of over 100,000 embryonic cells to establish the...
Shellfish study revises theory of early human population growth

Shellfish study revises theory of early human population growth

The correlation of shellfish size, the time frames of the movement of the first humans out of Africa, and the archaeological remains of shellfish...

Research: Teenage T. rex was already chomping on prey —

New research from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh indicates that even as a teenager the Tyrannosaurus rex showed signs that it would grow...

Research: Creating a (synthetic) song from a zebra finch’s muscle —

Birds create songs by moving muscles in their vocal organs to vibrate air passing through their tissues. While previous research reported that each...

Research: How climate change is reshaping the Arctic landscape —

Increasing ground temperatures in the Arctic are indicators of global climate change, but until recently, areas of cold permafrost were thought to be...

Research: Bee mite arrival in Hawaii causes pathogen changes in honeybee predators —

The reddish-brown varroa mite, a parasite of honeybees and accidentally introduced in the Big Island of Hawaii in 2007-08, is about the size...
Research: First measurements of radiation levels on the moon

Research: First measurements of radiation levels on the moon

In the coming years and decades, various nations want to explore the moon, and plan to send astronauts there again for this purpose. But...
Supermassive black hole emits a ferocious "double burp"

Supermassive black hole emits a ferocious “double burp”

A team led by CU Boulder researchers has caught a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy snacking on gas and then “burping”—not once,...

Research: Study shows evidence of convergence in bird and primate evolution —

University of Alberta neuroscientists have identified the neural circuit that may underlay intelligence in birds, according to a new study. The discovery is...

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