In the clonal raider ant (Ooceraea biroi), workers in a colony alternate between caring for larvae and laying eggs in a ...

For more than 1 million years, early humans in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean used a range of heavy tools, ...

New research from the University of Portsmouth has found that great apes exhibit exactness in mimicking one another's facial ...

In science, ethical guidelines ensure that research takes place in a way that respects public trust and is conducted ...

The closest planet to our sun, Mercury, experiences extreme temperature variations. Since the planet has no atmosphere to ...

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Twin control rooms at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are actively supporting real-time mission ...

Seasonal monsoon rains in India turn crops lush and fill essential water reservoirs. They can also cause roads to flood and ...

New research led by the University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, in close partnership with mana whenua, is shedding new ...

Sometimes, different organisms can evolve the same ability independently, a process called parallel evolution. A new study ...

Researchers have developed a new imaging technique that captures more information about ultrafast processes in the ...

Johannesburg's air quality has never really been measured systematically. Like many other cities across the globe, scientists ...