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'My jaw just dropped': 500 million-year-old larva fossil...
The newly discovered Youti yuanshi larva fossil is so well-preserved that it provides a road map for arthropod evolution during the...
Even trees 'hold their breath' to avoid harmful wildfire...
Trees don't like to breathe wildfire smoke, either.
Continental collision 2.1 billion years ago may have sparked...
Researchers have laid out the case for complex life evolving 2.1 billion years ago, but not everyone is convinced it started so early.
3,500-year-old tablet in Turkey turns out to be a shopping...
The excavation team in Turkey found a small, clay tablet that detailed a large furniture purchase. Experts said the finding may provide...
Packing qubits into 'defects' in silicon chips could hasten...
Using manufacturing defects in silicon chips to house signal-amplifying qubits could help to usher in the much-anticipated quantum...
Longstanding physics mystery may soon be solved, thanks...
The nature of quantum entanglement remains an outstanding problem in physics. But Albert Einstein's theories, along with insights...
Human origins tied to ancient jawless blood-sucking fish
Researchers have traced cell origins critical to vertebrate evolution by studying a group of primitive, bloodsucking fish called lampreys.
'Simone is a very, very rare bird': Experts discuss the...
Even among the world's most elite gymnasts, American Simone Biles, now competing in her third Olympic Games, is a standout.
