Install
Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
Did Scientists Just Witness a Key Step in the Origin of Complex Life?
37+ min ago (576+ words) Fig. 1. Eukaryotes have their DNA enclosed in a nucleus but prokaryotes do not. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons A recent headline suggested a breakthrough: “First Contact” That May Have Led to Complex Life on Earth Finally Witnessed by Scientists.1 Have…...
Scientists went looking for cold seeps off Argentina and found almost none, but what they found instead broke records with a giant coral reef, 28 possible new species, and a whale fall no one had ever filmed
1+ hour ago (469+ words) The Schmidt Ocean Institute’s expedition to the Argentine deep sea was built around a single target. Months of planning, a research vessel positioned in the South Atlantic, and ROV SuBastian ready to descend — all of it aimed at finding cold…...
"For three years, I had tried many times to get a decent photo of this species, but I hadn't yet succeeded. What you see before you is a dream fulfilled." Young wildlife photographer scoops top youth prize in major bird photography competition
1+ hour, 36+ min ago (241+ words) "I was walking through the woods with a group of birding friends one cloudy morning when I came across a Plain-backed Antpitta – a lifer for me and one of the first records of the species for the area," he explains....
New Study Challenges Randomness in Evolution, Revealing Directional Drift Toward Fitness Peaks
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (343+ words) At SSBCrack News, our dedicated editorial team brings you the latest and most reliable updates on Defence, Geopolitics, Military Affairs, Science, and Technology. Driven by a passion for national security and strategic awareness, the SSBCrack News Desk delivers fact-checked, timely,…...
Bats live remarkably long lives, and their genes reveal why
3+ hour, 58+ min ago (1076+ words) The genes behind bat lifespan overlap with the genes that handle viruses, and one key immune gene comes in up to three copies. A bigger mammal usually lives longer, and bats are a striking exception. Among the mouse-eared bats, body…...
It looked like a rodent but don't be fooled, this was no rodent. This is thought to be the world's first primate??? and our ancestor
4+ hour, 24+ min ago (959+ words) Meet the tiny mammal that survived the dino-killing asteroid to became our earliest ancestor As the ‘Age of the Dinosaurs’ came to an abrupt end 66 million years ago, another evolutionary story began, the ‘Rise of the Primates’, and it starts…...
Cornell device lets researchers track animal brain activity in natural settings
12+ hour, 58+ min ago (636+ words) Cornell researchers have developed a lightweight wireless device that can record brain activity from animals moving freely in natural environments, giving scientists a new way to study behavior that has been difficult or impossible to reproduce in laboratories. The device,…...
The engineer turning the world’s most invasive plant into bioplastic
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (855+ words) Ahead of The Independent’s Climate 100 List being published later this month, we are celebrating some of those being honoured. Emma Henderson meets the Kenyan entrepreneur whose university project helped find a solution and value for one of the country’s worst…...
The Climate 100 List: Engineer Joseph Nguthiru on turning the world’s most invasive plant into bioplastic
9+ hour, 9+ min ago (832+ words) While on a university field trip in 2022, the boat Joseph Nguthiru was traversing Kenya's Lake Naivasha in, suddenly came to a halt. It became tangled up in water hyacinth, an invasive plant that covers much of the water. Here, he…...
Found with burnt coconut in 2004, this Sri Lankan mouse finally gets its scientific name 22 years later!
12+ hour, 8+ min ago (403+ words) A piece of burnt coconut helped scientists uncover a species new to science in Sri Lanka. The discovery began more than 2 decades ago, when researchers trapped two unusual mice in the Knuckles Mountain Range. The animal has now been formally…...