“While the human penis functions primarily to transfer sperm, our result suggests its unusual large size evolved as a sexual ornament to attract females rather than purely as a badge of status to ...

“Our results push back the association of T. pallidum with humans by thousands of years, possibly more than 10,000 years ago ...

In the United States, the share of new code written with AI assistance has skyrocketed from a mere 5% in 2022 to a staggering ...

As if Neanderthals weren’t already mysterious enough, groundbreaking research adds a startling new layer to our understanding ...

Falling satellites and large orbital debris create massive sonic booms and scientists are using them to track dangerous space ...

The name mikazuki isn’t random. It is a nod to the local history of the Tohoku region, derived from the Japanese word for ...

A deep-sea catshark (Scyliorhinus haeckelii) documented at 198 meters on the outer edge of the continental shelf, near the ...

A new study shows the monument’s most exotic stones did not arrive by chance but were instead deliberately selected and ...

Most proven reserves are located in the Orinoco Oil Belt, stretching over 50,000 square kilometers (19,300 square miles) ...

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