the journal Nature
Moroccan Fossil Find Rearranges Homo Sapiens Family Tree
This week's unveiling of the oldest-known Homo sapiens remains has painted an excitingly chaotic picture of what Earth...
Moroccan Fossil Find Rearranges Homo Sapiens Family Tree
This week's unveiling of the oldest-known Homo sapiens remains has painted an excitingly chaotic picture of what Earth...
Humans In America ‘115,000 Years Earlier Than Thought’
High-tech dating of mastodon remains found in southern California has shattered the timeline of human migration to...
Gene Sleuths Open Line of Attack On Coral-Killing Starfish
The beast goes by the Latin monicker of Acanthaster planci, but it is known to us as the crown-of-thorns -- a venomous...
Great Barrier Reef May Never Recover From Bleaching
Australia's Great Barrier Reef may never recover from last year's warming-driven coral bleaching, said a study...
Seven New Earth-Like Planets ‘best Bet’ For Life
A group of international scientists have announced that a dwarf star only 40 light years from the Earth has at least...
Human-Pig ‘chimera Embryos’ Detailed
Embryos that are less than 0.001% human - and the rest pig - have been made and analysed by scientists. It is the first...
Are Diet Drinks A No-Go?
It’s rare in life to have your cake and eat it. But are low-calorie sweeteners the guilt-free way to be naughty?...
‘Brain Wi-Fi’ Reverses Leg Paralysis In Primate First
An implant that beams instructions out of the brain has been used to restore movement in paralysed primates for the...
The Truth About ‘patient Zero’ and HIV’s Origins
Research has shown that HIV virus did not spread to US via patient zero. The man blamed for bringing HIV to the United...
An Intriguing Story of Maasai Pastoralists
My dear reader, this article is characterized with a long digression because it is more or less a commentary on James...
Limit To Human Life May Be 115 (ish)
Human life spans may be limited to a maximum of about 115 years, claim US scientists. Their conclusions, published in...