Fossil suggests apes, old world monkeys moved in opposite directions from shared ancestor

In terms of their body plan, Old World monkeys — a group that includes primates like…

Early dispersal for quadrupedal cetaceans: Amphibious whale from middle Eocene

Scientists have a relatively precise idea about where whales and their closest terrestrial relatives evolved more…

What and how much we eat might change our internal clocks and hormone responses

For the first time, a study shows how glucocorticoid hormones, such as cortisol, control sugar and…

Coastlines' contribution to climate change might have been underestimated

Permafrost coasts make up about one third of the Earth’s total coastline. As a result of…

NASA instrument to probe planet clouds on European mission

NASA will contribute an instrument to a European space mission that will explore the atmospheres of…

Ancient gas cloud reveals universe's first stars formed quickly

The discovery of a 13 billion-year-old cosmic cloud of gas enabled a team of astronomers to…

'Pac-Man-like' mergers could explain massive, spinning black holes

Scientists have reported detecting gravitational waves from 10 black hole mergers to date, but they are…

Superfood for Mesozoic herbivores?

The long-necked, big bodied sauropod dinosaurs comprise some of the largest terrestrial vertebrates to walk the…

Century-old food testing method updated to include complex fluid dynamics

The texture of food, including properties that determine how consumers experience biting and swallowing, is an…

NASA Instrument to Probe Planet Clouds on European Mission

The mission will study clouds and hazes in the atmospheres of planets outside our…