Biology

Health Living plants and animals emit a faint glow that fades after death

Scientists show living plants and animals emit a faint light that fades after death, revealing new clues about life and metabolism.

Discoveries Scientists found the last universal common ancestor for all life on Earth Joshua Shavit

Discoveries A heat-loving amoeba smashes the temperature record for complex life Rebecca Shavit

Discoveries Complex life developed much earlier than previously thought, study finds Mac Oliveau

Health Dying for the nest: Sick ants choose the colony over life Rebecca Shavit

Discoveries Most Europeans had dark skin until 3,000 years ago, study finds Joseph Shavit

Health Life may be reshaping our bodies and brains faster than evolution can handle Rebecca Shavit

Green Impact Bumblebees use light to tell time, study finds Rebecca Shavit

Health An 80-year-old puzzle reveals a universal pattern in how life grows Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Neanderthal DNA sheds new light on the structure of the modern human face Mac Oliveau

Health Longevity secrets of a 117-year-old woman who lived cancer and dementia free Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Scientists discover the human genes involved in adaptation to desert living Rebecca Shavit

Discoveries Fossil discovery reinvents story of echidna and platypus evolution Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Greenland sharks may hold key to humans living for centuries

Green Impact Massive 1,640 foot tall coral reef discovered hidden off the coast of Australia

Health Scientists discover ‘superfamily’ of predator proteins that attack and eat other harmful bacteria

Discoveries Humans and Neanderthals are far more connected than once thought