An interesting class of problems in geometry concerns tiling or tessellation, in which a surface or three-dimensional space is covered using one or more geometric...
The rise of tetrapods (four-limbed vertebrates) is one of the iconic evolutionary transitions preserved in the fossil record. These animals, which lived about 385 to...
Is it possible to control an animal’s or a cell’s behavior using light? In recent years, remarkable progress in optogenetics has been made as research...
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 28, 2022 – States that legalized recreational cannabis saw a slight population-level uptick in alcohol consumption that was largely driven by young adults...
MELVILLE, N.Y., November 28, 2022 – AIP Publishing is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Bo Wang of the Beijing Institute of Technology as...
The Field Museum in Chicago is home to the best, most-complete fossils of a prehistoric superpredator-- but one that lived hundreds of millions of years...
CHICAGO – Using MRI data from the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States, researchers have found that higher...
Scientists replicated a 1964 River Thames survey and found that mussel numbers have declined by almost 95%, with one species – the depressed river mussel...
Cephalopods like octopuses, squids and cuttlefish are highly intelligent animals with complex nervous systems. In “Science Advances”, a team led by Nikolaus Rajewsky of the...
African large carnivores have undergone significant range and population declines over recent decades. Although conservation planning and the management of threatened species requires accurate assessments...
Embargoed until: 05:01am GMT, Friday 25 November, 2022Credit: Markus Wagner Embargoed until: 05:01am GMT, Friday 25 November, 2022 Researchers have shown - for the first...
Fossils of a tiny sea creature that died more than half a billion years ago may compel a science textbook rewrite of how brains evolved.Credit:...
A new study published in Science reports results from the first-ever global field assessment of the ecological impacts of grazing in drylands. The international research...
As people age, maintaining a positive and predictable social environment becomes more and more important. For instance, keeping close ties with friends and family has...
Zooming in on a single disease and studying it intensely is often the most productive route to finding treatments. But there’s no easy way to...
