The blue color of blueberries comes from tiny structures in their wax coating, not from pigments in the fruit skin, according to a University of…
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A recent study emphasizes the need for biological design to focus on the peculiarities of biological systems and embrace open-ended innovation, moving beyond traditional optimization…
Image shows astronaut-geologist Harrison H. Schmitt standing next to a huge lunar boulder during NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972. The scientists in this research…
A reconstruction of the pelagic ecosystem and the organisms fossilized in Sirius Passet, revealing how Timorebestia was one of the largest predators in the water…
A new study highlights the risk associated with feeding dogs a raw meat diet, significantly increasing the likelihood of them excreting ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli. This…
Image shows a visualization of the huge, glowing planetary body produced by a planetary collision. In the foreground, fragments of ice and rock fly away…
A new study uncovers the mathematical connection between the patterns formed by chemical interactions, as proposed by mathematician Alan Turing, and the movement of sperm…
Researchers used Bayesian analysis to study the brachiopods’ decline and bivalves’ rise post-end-Permian extinction, finding bivalves better adapted to changing conditions. Left, Devonian brachiopod fossils…
A photograph of a zebra. The University of Bristol researchers have uncovered the reason behind zebra fur being thinly striped and clearly defined. Their findings,…
Wormholes, often regarded as a staple of science fiction, are hypothetical cosmic structures that act as shortcuts or tunnels through the fabric of spacetime. These…
Heart failure is a medical condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs. It can result from a variety…
A supervolcano is a volcano that has produced an eruption with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 8, the highest recorded number on the index. While…
Early tetrapod. The skulls of tetrapods had fewer bones than extinct and living fish, limiting their evolution for millions of years, according to the latest…
A new study has revealed super cyclones, the most intense form of tropical storms, are likely to have a much more devastating impact on people…
New research challenges the current consensus that the radiation of squamates – a key modern group of reptiles that includes lizards and snakes – happened…
A new research study has revealed the most intense heatwaves ever across the world – and remarkably some of these went almost unnoticed decades ago.…
Illustration of an Elasmosaurus, an extinct marine reptile in the genus of Plesiosaur. A new research study finds that large bodies helped extinct marine reptiles…
Dunkleosteus – one of the animals involved in the research. Credit: Nobu Tamura Researchers led by the University of BristolThe University of Bristol, a red…
Image of human epithelial cells (green with blue nuclei) are incubated with synthetic SARS-CoV-2 virions (magenta) to study infection and immune evasion. Credit: Oskar Staufer…
The long-standing enigma of why so many patients suffering with high blood pressure (known as hypertension) also have diabetes (high blood sugar) has finally been…