It's been nearly three years since controversial Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui was released from prison for gene-hacking human babies — and now, he appears to be hitting back at the rules that led ...

A trove of fossilized dinosaur footprints has been found on a slab of rock gathering dust inside an Australian school, scientists said on Wednesday. The rock went largely unnoticed for 20 years ...

This week, robed in twilight, a "blood worm" will pierce the night sky. As ominous as that sounds, don't think leeches — think lunar. Late Thursday night or Friday early morning, North Americans with ...

Scientists recently made a fascinating discovery involving amber, a substance known for preserving ancient organisms. Initially, what seemed to be a beautifully preserved plant trapped in amber turned ...

Tired of chore charts that assume all kids develop at the same rate? Yeah, me too. Scroll down to get the PDF and print it–or put your email address in the form and we’ll send it to your inbox for ...

China has become the country with the most dinosaur fossil discovery sites in the world, the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

NASA and ESA issued a major update concerning the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 on February 25. After two months of rising and falling probabilities, scientists have confirmed that the 130- to 300-foot ...

More than 99% of birds can fly. But that still leaves many species that evolved to be flightless, including penguins, ostriches, and kiwi birds. In a study in the journal Evolution, researchers ...

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