Ancient DNA confirms that the nineteenth-century carnivores hunted humans and a variety of wild game, including a surprising ...

The awards’ strict constraints often prompt frustration — if these prestigious prizes were created for the twenty-first ...

Young children in the playground behave like molecules in a gas, but kids undergo a phase change in a more structured setting ...

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Many are bizarre and live in salt lakes, hydrothermal vents and other extreme environments.

Biologists have found out why the Malabar dwarf pufferfish ( Carinotetraodon travancoricus) has low fecundity — it produces ...

Artificial-intelligence tools offer a variety of approaches to help scientists to sift through the literature — how can ...

Weight loss and metabolic improvements do not explain the longevity benefits of severe dietary restrictions, research in mice ...

Quantum machines have a noise threshold past which classical machines cannot best them, researchers have learnt.

A surging market for ‘fish maw’ is pushing threatened species to the brink. Researchers are trying to limit the damage.

This year's prize celebrates computational tools that have transformed biology and have the potential to revolutionise drug ...

Migrating animals can bring food and contaminants to their destination. An assessment of Pacific salmon migrations from 1976 ...