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Illustration of the basolateral amygdala (blue), hippocampus (yellow), and perirhinal cortex (pink) and electrical signals from each region during a recognition test trial. Credit: Cory...

This is a 3.465 billion year-old fossil microorganism from Western Australia. Credit: J. William Schopf/UCLA Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of...

From left, geology graduate students Jiashun Hu and Quan Zhou and professor Lijun Liu challenge traditional theories about western US volcanism with new evidence...

Nitrogen international trade routes and intensity. Credit: Source: University of Sydney The first-ever global nitrogen footprint, encompassing 188 countries, has found the United States, China, India...

Illumination of a book ('Paradise Lost,' by John Milton) with the nanobionic light-emitting plants (two 3.5-week-old watercress plants). The book and the light-emitting watercress...

Beef cattle in pasture (stock image). Credit: © Tom / Fotolia Around two million years ago, a genetic change occurred that differentiated humans from most other...

Adams Flat, one of the two sites in Antarctica where microbes were collected. Credit: Phil O'Brien UNSW-Sydney led scientists have discovered that microbes in Antarctica have...

Fracking. Credit: © jon_mullen / Fotolia From North Dakota to Ohio to Pennsylvania, hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, has transformed small towns into energy powerhouses....

This is an image of Pseudooides. Credit: University of Bristol Everyone wants to be with their family over the holidays, but spare a thought for a...

Interior view of the cave and excavation trench as of the end of the 2012 field season. Credit: João Zilhão Neanderthals survived at least 3,000 years...

Credit: Oliver Rauhut Paleontologists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich correct a case of misinterpretation: The first fossil "Archaeopteryx" to be discovered is actually a predatory...