Crystals have repeatedly been found at archaeological sites alongside Homo remains. Evidence shows that hominins have been collecting these stones for as long as 780,000 years. Yet, we know that our ...

Scientists in Spain investigated which characteristics of crystals may have made them so fascinating to our ancestors.

Chimpanzees can pick out crystals from a pile of ordinary rocks, handle them with visible care, and even hold them up to peer ...

Scientists analyze fossils and vocal tract models to reconstruct what the languages of prehistoric humans may have sounded like.

Few pests eat away at farm profitability as much as soybean cyst nematode (SCN). Causing at least $1.5 billion in yield losses annually, it's soybean's single biggest threat. Unfortunately, soybean's ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois and partner institutions created the first soybean cyst nematode pangenome. The post Scientists map soybean cyst nematode pangenome to fight $1.5B pest ...

Few pests eat away at farm profitability as much as soybean cyst nematode (SCN). Causing at least $1.5 billion in yield losses annually, it’s soybean’s single biggest threat. Unfortunately, soybean’s ...

Little Foot’s face looks like it has been through a slow-motion car crash, because it has. For millions of years, rock ...

Few pests eat away at farm profitability as much as soybean cyst nematode (SCN). Causing at least $1.5 billion in yield losses ...

Mental shortcuts used to interpret helping situations can cause well-meaning sighted people to assume they know more about the capabilities of blind people than they actually do.

It’s not science fiction: scientists are using machine learning algorithms to decipher how animals communicate and what ...

On the final Sunday of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games, podiums had been claimed by skiers, skaters, and hockey players representing dozens of nations. From overtime thrillers on the ice to ...