Researchers from the University of Vienna discovered MISO bacteria that use iron minerals to oxidize toxic sulfide, creating energy and producing sulfate. This biological process reshapes how ...

Chimpanzees are capable of making rational decisions, much like humans, and can critically assess the quality of evidence when faced with choices, a new study suggests. Published in the journal ...

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For decades, scientists have generally thought that rivers emit more carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, than they take in. But ...

"This fundamentally changes how we think about the evolution of complex nervous systems," said biologist Jack Ullrich-Lüter.

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Contempt of court, as Joseph Moskovitz describes, is “the Proteus of the legal world, assuming an almost infinite diversity ...

I’d never before considered dinosaurs to be among the most successful clades of all existing creatures to walk the Earth. On ...

What is butt breathing? A senior doctor sheds light on the concept and also tells if it can be of use in case of lung failure ...

All bilateral creatures have some asymmetry, such as the human heart being located slightly to the left and the liver being ...