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Can You Change A Chicken Into A Frog, A Fish Or A Chameleon?
Gastrulation is one of the most important phases in early embryonic development. Before gastrulation, vertebrate…
Was ‘Witchcraft’ in the Devil’s Church in Koli Based on Acoustic Resonance? The…
The national park of Koli in eastern Finland is home to a famous, 34-metre-long crevice cave known…
Cognitive Strategies For Augmenting The Body With A Wearable, Robotic Arm
Neuroengineer Silvestro Micera develops advanced technological solutions to help people regain sensory and motor…
What Happens in the Brain While Daydreaming?
You are sitting quietly, and suddenly your brain tunes out the world and wanders to something else entirely --…
Enzymes Can’t Tell Artificial DNA From the Real Thing
The genetic alphabet contains just four letters, referring to the four nucleotides, the biochemical building…
Researchers, Coast Salish People Analyze 160-Year-Old Indigenous Dog Pelt in the…
Researchers from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History led a new analysis that sheds light on the…
Challenging Prehistoric Gender Roles: Research Finds That Women Were Hunters, Too
It's a familiar story to many of us: In prehistoric times, men were hunters and women were gatherers. Women were…
Mummified Mice Discovered Atop Sky-High Andean Volcanoes
They were the summits of 20,000-foot volcanoes. Amid the driest desert on Earth. Where temperatures never breached…
Dingoes Given ‘Almost-Human’ Status in Pre-colonial Australia
It's said that a dog is a man's best friend, but the wild dingo is much maligned in Australia. This may not always…
Analysis of Grinding Tools Reveals Plant, Pigment and Bone Processing in Neolithic…
In recent years, studies have revealed that the now-arid region of northern Arabia was once much wetter and…