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The Secret Link Between Elephants and the Music of the Rainforest
When Bob Taylor, co-founder of Taylor Guitars, acquired an ebony mill in Cameroon, his goal was practical: to secure a…
The Oldest Armored Dinosaur Was Unlike Anything Ever Seen
Dinosaurs are often thought of as familiar creatures—towering sauropods, terrifying tyrannosaurs, and the armored ankylosaurs with their formidable tail clubs.…
The Crocodile Relative That Hunted Dinosaurs In A Lost World
Seventy million years ago, at the very end of the Cretaceous period, southern Patagonia was a very different place from…
When Dinosaurs Fell Not to Teeth or Claws but to Invisible Enemies
Eighty million years ago, in what is now the Brazilian state of São Paulo, herds of massive sauropods roamed a…
The Tiny Fossil That Changed Everything We Know About Life on Earth
More than half a billion years ago, long before dinosaurs walked the Earth or forests shaded its surface, the seas…
Secrets of the Sleeping Mind: Why We Have Sexual Dreams
Every night, as we drift into slumber, our minds enter a realm both mysterious and intimate: the world of dreams.…
The Secret Weight Hidden in the Colors of Birds
Few sights are more captivating than a bird in flight—a flash of emerald wings, a burst of crimson feathers, or…
The Origins of Life: From Non-Living Matter to the Dawn of Biology
The story of life on Earth begins not with cells, animals, or green forests but with a silent universe filled…
The Lost DNA That Helped Humans Conquer the Americas
Around 20,000 years ago, during the final stages of the last Ice Age, groups of ancient humans embarked on one…
The Ancient Ancestors of Humanity Step Out of Ethiopia for the First Time
For the first time, the 3.18-million-year-old remains of Lucy, the world-famous human ancestor, are leaving Ethiopia for Europe. On Monday,…
The Child Who United Two Human Worlds 140000 Years Ago
For decades, the story of human evolution was told as though Neanderthals and Homo sapiens were separate chapters in the…
COVID May Be Secretly Aging Women’s Arteries by Five Years
When the world first encountered COVID-19, the immediate focus was survival—avoiding infection, finding treatments, and developing vaccines. But as the…
The Isle of Wight Yields a Dinosaur Unlike Anything Seen Before
For millions of years, the Isle of Wight’s cliffs have guarded secrets from a world long vanished. Fossil hunters and…
When the Cave Bear Vanished the Earth Whispered a Warning We Cannot Ignore
Tens of thousands of years ago, Europe’s forests and valleys were home to a massive creature: the cave bear. Towering…
Scrolling Your Phone for Just One Hour Can Quietly Transform Your Eyes
In today’s world, smartphones are no longer just gadgets—they are lifelines. We wake up to their alarms, scroll through them…
Scientists Discover How to Make the Human Brain Turn Transparent
For centuries, scientists have dreamed of seeing inside the human body without cutting it open—peering into the delicate networks of…
Scientists Watch a Bonobo Do Something Once Thought Only Humans Could Do
In a quiet room filled with barriers, Kanzi the bonobo was ready to play a game. Two of his longtime…
When Fish First Dared to Walk on Land Ten Million Years Earlier Than We Ever Believed
Imagine standing on the shore of a shallow sea, 400 million years ago. The world looks alien, with no birdsong,…
Ancient Sea Turtle Emerges From Syrian Stone After Fifty Million Years
Near the northern Syrian city of Afrin, beneath layers of stone that once lay at the bottom of a warm…
The Secret World of Living Cells Comes Alive With a New Microscope
For as long as humans have peered through lenses, the microscope has been our gateway to hidden worlds. From Robert…
Tiny Fern Holds the Secret to Feeding the World and Healing the Climate
All around the world, floating quietly on ponds and rice paddies, lies a small but remarkable plant: the Azolla fern.…