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Researchers have developed a laboratory earthquake model that connects the microscopic real contact area between fault surfaces to the possibility…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 A longstanding theory in evolutionary biology is that venomous predators like rattlesnakes often develop…

Knowing how human DNA changes over generations is essential to estimating genetic disease risks and understanding how we evolved. But…

Two specific genes that evolve exclusively in humans jointly influence the development of the cerebrum. Researchers from the German Primate…

The fate of the universe hinges on the balance between matter and dark energy: the fundamental ingredient that drives its…

New Curtin University research has revealed how massive ancient glaciers acted like giant bulldozers, reshaping Earth's surface and paving the…

Like Bill Murray in the movie “Groundhog Day,” bacteria species in a Wisconsin lake are in a kind of endless…