Scientists have discovered which animal was the first to branch off from our collective common ancestor. For years, debate had raged over whether the first to diverge was the sea sponge or the comb ...

Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, an immensely important update to Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, is currently our best approximation of how the universe ticks. But there are some holes ...

A remarkable fossilized larva has been discovered by scientists with its brain and guts still intact. The fossilized creature is one of the earliest ancestors of a group known as arthropods, which ...

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“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in gating contents into consciousness,” the team explains in its paper.

“Using newer mathematical tools, my colleague and I have demonstrated a new theory that may accurately describe the universe. Instead of basing the theory on the warping of space and time, we ...

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During a trip, language could become temporarily irrelevant, researchers say. That speechlessness may be linked to sensing deeper truths.

A family on a walk in Germany discovered a 3,500-year-old dagger without doing any digging. The family was walking near the ...

It suggests your subjective experience might come from both your physical brain and the mysterious quantum activity within it ...

Using an array of medical tests, scientists discerned that heatwaves can age humans as quickly as smoking and drinking.

Most knife enthusiasts have a whetstone or other type of knife sharpener, but a serrated knife requires a specialized sharpening rod. A ceramic rod will suffice for maintenance, but we recommend using ...