Four mice went to space as astronauts. One came back and became a mother. And that simple fact might matter more than you'd ...

The monogamy rate in humans may be higher than you expected... but we do it in a strange way compared to other animals.

But some Neanderthal DNA helped modern humans survive and reproduce, and thus it has lingered in our genomes. Nowadays, ...

The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction. Their plastid genomes shrank dramatically in a shared ancestor, yet the ...

Nature is astonishingly diverse. Across the planet’s oceans, forests, grasslands, and cities, living beings interact in ways ...

Explore the unsettling trend of billionaires like Elon Musk and Pavel Durov trying to repopulate the earth through ...

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Humans have spent centuries shaping the world. But nature wouldn’t hesitate to take over if we suddenly disappeared.

Overview:  When learning systems rely on historical data, they often reproduce past biases, shaping student outcomes in ways ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

How Abraham Lincoln and a magazine illustrator elevated Christmas to a national holiday, and used it to win the Civil War.

“Many people equate plants with photosynthesis, yet Balanophora illustrates that being a plant does not require being green,” ...