Plants set a ‘bedtime’ alarm to ensure their survival, new study shows
Plants have a metabolic signal that adjusts their circadian clock in the evening to ensure they store enough energy to survive the night, a...
Neanderthal and early modern human stone tool culture co-existed for over 100,000 years
The Acheulean was estimated to have died out around 200,000 years ago but the new findings suggest it may have persisted for much longer,...
The human brain grew as a result of the extinction of large animals
A new paper by Dr. Miki Ben-Dor and Prof. Ran Barkai from the Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University proposes...
New study identifies mountain snowpack most ‘at-risk’ from climate change
As the planet warms, scientists expect that mountain snowpack should melt progressively earlier in the year. However, observations in the U.S. show that as...
Half a trillion corals: World-first coral count prompts rethink of extinction risks
For the first time, scientists have assessed how many corals there are in the Pacific Ocean -- and evaluated their risk of extinction.
While the...
New study challenges ‘established’ mechanism about the selectivity of cellular ion channels
The cell membranes of all organisms contain ion channels that permit ions to pass into or out of the cell, and these channels play...
Scientists describe ‘hidden biodiversity crisis’ as variation within species is lost
The rapid loss of variation within species is a hidden biodiversity crisis, according to the authors of a new study looking at how this...
Understanding the spatial and temporal dimensions of landscape dynamics
The Earth's surface is subject to continual changes that dynamically shape natural landscapes. Global phenomena like climate change play a role, as do short-term,...
How ‘great’ was the great oxygenation event?
Around 2.5 billion years ago, our planet experienced what was possibly the greatest change in its history: According to the geological record, molecular oxygen...
Neandertals had the capacity to perceive and produce human speech
Neandertals—the closest ancestor to modern humans—possessed the ability to perceive and produce human speech, according to a new study published by an international multidisciplinary...
Light-emitting tattoo engineered for the first time
Scientists at UCL and the IIT—Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) have created a temporary tattoo with light-emitting technology used in TV...
