VaccinesDecember 20, 2022
The Biggest Health and Biology Breakthroughs of 2022
From reviving dead pig organs to measuring viruses in our poop, here are some of the most intriguing medical advances of the year
Evolution
EvolutionDecember 1, 2022
Ancient Sawfish Help to Illuminate Our Teeth’s Scaly Origins
Weird new evidence on tooth evolution tips the scales even more toward scales
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EvolutionNovember 11, 2022
Chances of Finding COVID-Causing Virus Ancestor ‘Almost Nil,’ Virologists Say
A genome analysis finds SARS-CoV-2 and bat coronaviruses shared an ancestor just a few years ago, but extensive recombination has muddied the picture
EvolutionNovember 1, 2022
Geologic Activity Lets Microbes Mingle Deep Underground
Tiny subterranean cracks can upend aquifer microbes’ ecology
EvolutionNovember 1, 2022
Fossils Upend Conventional Wisdom about Evolution of Human Bipedalism
For most of human evolution, multiple species with different ways of walking upright coexisted
EvolutionOctober 25, 2022
Vertebrates May Have Used Vocal Communication More Than 100 Million Years Earlier Than We Thought
Animals with a backbone may have first emitted something akin to bleeps, grunts, crackles, toots and snorts more than 400 million years ago
EvolutionOctober 5, 2022
Penis Worm’s Ancient Cousin Fossilized with Its Doughnut-Shaped Brain Intact
The fossilized embryo of a Cambrian worm holds the preserved remains of a tiny brain
AnthropologyOctober 3, 2022
Discoveries about Ancient Human Evolution Win 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Svante Pääbo’s work on sequencing the DNA of Neandertals and Denisovans, which won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, revealed surprising interbreeding among human species
PaleontologySeptember 15, 2022
The Oldest 3-D Heart from Our Vertebrate Ancestors Has Been Discovered
Fish fossils from Western Australia preserve the oldest 3-D hearts, livers, stomachs and intestines in a jawed vertebrate
DinosaursAugust 11, 2022
If T. Rex’s Beady-Eyed Glare Terrifies You, It Should
Top-predator dinosaurs of the Cretaceous may have traded big eyes for a bigger bite
AnimalsJuly 28, 2022
In a First, Tiny Crustaceans Are Found to ‘Pollinate’ Seaweed like Bees of the Sea
Small marine critters ferry around seaweed sex cells, the first recorded example of “pollination” in algae
ArchaeologyJuly 28, 2022
How Humans’ Ability to Digest Milk Evolved from Famine and Disease
A landmark study is the first major effort to quantify how lactose tolerance developed