Antibiotics have saved countless lives for decades. Yet the pathogens they kill, antibiotics are an ancient enemy, one they already specializes in fighting. It turns out that the spread of antibiotic resistance …
Read More »Scientists discovered 3 new types of Carnivorous sponges in the Deep Ocean
Even if we To know The deep sea is weird, ‘Carnivorous Sea Sponge’ still sounds like a sci-fi movie. And yet, researchers announced the discovery of three such new species off the …
Read More »This is one of the 7 weirdest experiments humans have ever done in space
The way microorganisms behave may seem obvious to us now, as humans have been roaming space for 50 years. But we have not always been certain how space can affect certain things. …
Read More »Scientists discover what these thorny artifacts from a vanishing ground actually are
In ancient times, Europe was a very different place – at one time, Britain was still located in the European continent. Only after millennia, when that relationship ended for a long time, …
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The Movile cave of southeastern Romania will not top your holiday destination list: no light goes down, the air is dense with toxic gases, and it has been exposed to the outside …
Read More »This extinct human ancestor evolved to deal with climate change, but did not survive
The discovery of a 2 million year old skull in a South African cave is changing what we think we know about one of humanity’s primitive ancestors, scientists reported in a new …
Read More »Climate change has driven ancient human species to extinction
Many close relatives of our species, Homo sapiens, Has gone on this earth since the genus Fagot Developed over 2 million years ago. These hominins lived in various habitats and challenging environments. …
Read More »Scientists are viewing first-hand footage of this bizarre squid
Ram’s horn shells are small, delicate spiral structures, commonly found around the world on the beach. Yet despite their ubiquity, the original owners of these shells are extremely elusive. Until now, we …
Read More »A particular type of DNA in the owl’s eye may be a ‘lens’ that is supercharged night vision.
Owls are one of the rare avian predators that hold their prey by night, and new research suggests that the way DNA molecules are packaged in their eyes has something special, making …
Read More »Penis bones can outrun the sperm of competitors in some animals
One of the most mysterious structures of mammal biology is the penis bone ‘, or buckulum. To date, no one really knows what it does or why it has disappeared in humans, …
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