1+ hour, 1+ min ago  (810+ words) A familiar Amazon antbird has turned into five separate species, and two of them were unknown to science until now. The findings reshape part of the Amazon's living map, revealing how much hidden diversity can exist within a bird scientists…...

6+ hour, 8+ min ago  (117+ words) SAN DIEGO " Evolution works over millennia. Climate change is moving far faster. Eelgrass sways in the current in San Diego's Mission Bay, Dec. 2. Todd Michael, a research professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, works at his lab in…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago  (850+ words) Scientists have found that DNA polymerases can write long, structured stretches of new genetic material without any template to copy. That finding reframes a long-known but overlooked behavior as a potential way to build DNA at lengths that standard chemistry…...

36+ min ago  (226+ words) We found a fairly limited number of items that date to the late Pleistocene," Rosencrance told New Atlas. But among those items, we found tremendous technological diversity, as well as raw material use that attests to a really complex and…...

3+ hour, 50+ min ago  (831+ words) Published 1: 48 pm Saturday, April 11, 2026 Volunteers from Mountain Bikers of the Central Okanagan (MTBCO) were at Rose Valley Regional Park on Saturday morning, April 11, planting trees as part of the reforestation of the park after damage from the 2023 Mc Dougall Creek…...

2+ hour, 8+ min ago  (262+ words) Hexem Bio, a biotechnology company focused on regenerative medicine, has emerged from stealth with $10. 4 million in seed funding to advance a novel blood stem cell rejuvenation therapy. The round was led by Draper Associates with participation from SOSV, Seraphim, and…...

26+ min ago  (313+ words) For centuries, scientists have known that tobacco plants produce nicotine -- but no one could figure out exactly how they do it. Now, a team of Chinese researchers has finally solved the puzzle, Xinhua reports." In a study recently published in…...

15+ min ago  (1394+ words) In a groundbreaking study recently published in Nature Communications, researchers have unveiled critical insights into the pathogenesis of myofibrillar myopathy 6 (MFM6), a debilitating muscle disorder marked by progressive skeletal muscle disruption. The team, led by Filippi, Graf-Riesen, and Kuppusamy, has identified…...

8+ hour, 34+ min ago  (174+ words) The biggest draw at The Park at New Melle Lakes is off-limits for now, after officials shut down the main lake on Friday because of a confirmed blue-green algae bloom. Rangers have roped off access to the Big Lake and…...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago  (892+ words) Breathing with your ribs feels so normal that it's easy to forget it's an invention. The chest expands, the lungs inflate, and oxygen flows in " no gulping, no throat pumping, and no reliance on damp skin to trade gases with…...