In humans, the energetic cost of pregnancy is about 50,000 dietary calories — far higher than previously believed, a new…
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If spiders use their webs like a large external eardrum, researchers reasoned, perhaps spider silk could be the basis for…
Music baffled Charles Darwin. Mankind’s ability to produce and enjoy melodies, he wrote in 1874, “must be ranked amongst the…
New research shows the “upside-down trees” originated in Madagascar and then caught a ride on ocean currents to reach mainland…
The brittle star specimen suggests that the sea creatures have been splitting themselves in two to reproduce for more than…
A growing number of researchers in the field are using their expertise to fight the climate crisis.
The storm interfered with navigational systems used in tractors and other farming equipment, leaving some farmers temporarily unable to plant…
The best weather conditions for viewing the colorful light display will be in much of the West while New England…
Half a century ago, one of the hottest questions in science was whether humans could teach animals to talk. Scientists…
Electrical utilities said they weathered earlier conditions as persistent geomagnetic storms were expected to cause another light show in evening…