The RNA world hypothesis posits that molecules made up of ribonucleic acids (RNA) are responsible for kickstarting evolution ...

Singapore is constructing the world's largest container port, set on reclaimed land and fully operated by machines. This ...

I rode the Trouée d'Arenberg two years ago, whilst taking part in the Paris-Roubaix challenge, the amateurs' chance to ...

Opportunistic thieves and gangs have found a new way to cash in, launder dirty money, and hide their assets using Lego.

This bird’s mimic abilities are so advanced that they can fool other species. Here’s what the science reveals about nature’s ...

A patient walks into a thoracic surgery consultation with a small lung tumor, stage I on every scan, and every conventional ...

Humanity is now entering a new era of scientific discovery, using artificial intelligence (AI) to learn and reason about ...

The results are transforming how scholars understand human history. By analysing parchment, researchers are uncovering ...

Between 280 and 200 million years ago, a group of animals evolved which would eventually give rise to mammals, including humans: the therapsids. They were first described more than 150 years ago, ...

Two fish fossils found in China have given us more insight into what bony fish looked like before separate lineages diverged.

A professor of anthropology explores how early hominids ate prehistoric elephants to survive.

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic ...