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A weirdly shaped telescope could finally find Earth 2. 0

The Earth supports the only known life in the universe, all of it depending heavily on the presence of liquid…

7 months ago

Mysterious Denisovan interbreeding shaped the humans we are today

Researchers think that members of the most recently identified “hominin” group (the Denisovans) mixed with early modern humans and passed…

7 months ago

Tracing the Origins of Oaks: How Climate and Tectonic Changes Shaped Modern Trees

Rising global temperatures and shifting tectonic plates are believed to have shaped the development of one of Earth's most iconic…

1 year ago

Titan’s lakes may be shaped by waves

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is the only other planetary body in the solar system that currently hosts active rivers, lakes,…

2 years ago

The behavior of ant queens is shaped by their social environment

The queens in colonies of social insects, such as ants, bees, and wasps, are considered the veritable embodiment of specialization…

2 years ago

How shifting climates may have shaped early elephants’ trunks

Researchers have provided new insights into how ancestral elephants developed their dextrous trunks. The study, published today as an eLife…

2 years ago