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Is the way we choose which animals to protect out of date?
In his new book, The Deep History of Ourselves, Joseph LeDoux explains where we come from.
The 385-million-year-old fossils show that trees evolved modern features millions of years earlier than previously estimated.
All this from a wad of gum?
A new method of measuring human exposure to the potentially toxic chemical calls into question regulatory policy.
Thinning forests in the Western United States can save billions of gallons of water per year and improve conservation efforts.
The axolotl is known to regrow its lower jaw, its retinae, ovaries, kidneys, heart, rudimentary lungs, spinal cord, and large chunks of its brain.
Life forms on Earth are wildly varied, but scientists discover a single formula that predicts every one’s life cycle.
Scientists speculate that if life were to have spontaneously developed on Earth, the first thing there would need to be are vesicles.
First of a 3-part series about future technologies and their role in human flourishing.
An orangutan has settled into a Florida home after a court granted her personhood rights. But what is the basis for personhood?
This is how companies can better align with the values they claim to uphold.
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A DNA study looks for the home of the earliest modern humans.
Michio Kaku explains the three main sections of the human brain and the trait that he believes to be a key indicator of success in life.
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New research provides insights on the effect of the lunar cycles on wildlife behavior.
The view from way out there really puts things in perspective.
For decades, Americans sprayed the notorious pesticide DDT all over their homes and fields. But it turns out we may have known about — and ignored — a safer alternative used by the Nazi regime.
The net famously failed to work as planned last year. Now, a new version is making waves.
Some scientists think there may be a hidden, second form of life living right under our noses.
The FDA calls out creators of genetically tweaked hornless bulls.
Octopuses are known to rapidly change colors during sleep, but it’s still unclear whether they dream like humans do.
In his book, Earth Emotions, Glenn Albrecht coins “psychoterratic.”
Barbara J. King on animal emotions, anthropomorphism, and the future of the planet.
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Humpbacks swap songs at remote group of islands in the South Pacific.
Contrary to popular belief, the Amazon rainforest does not produce 20% of our planet’s oxygen.
