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Bumble bees battling invasive Argentine ants may win individual fights but ultimately lose valuable foraging time, putting pressure on colonies already strained by habitat loss, disease, and pesticides. New research shows bees often avoid ant ...

Scientists studying aging found that sensory inputs like touch and smell can cancel out the lifespan-boosting effects of dietary restriction by suppressing the key longevity gene fmo-2. When overactivated, the gene makes worms oddly indifferent to .. ...

Footprints preserved on ancient dunes show Neanderthals actively navigating, hunting, and living along Portugal's coastline. Their behavior and diet suggest a far more adaptable and socially complex population than once assumed.

Arctic sea ice is disappearing fast, and scientists have turned to an unexpected cosmic clue--space dust--to uncover how ice has changed over tens of thousands of years. By tracking helium-3-bearing dust trapped (or blocked) by ancient ice, ...

Researchers discovered that living horsetails act like natural distillation towers, producing bizarre oxygen isotope signatures more extreme than anything previously recorded on Earth--sometimes resembling meteorite water. By tracing these isotopic . ...

Scientists have identified a new crocodile precursor that looked deceptively dinosaur-like and hunted with speed and precision. Named Tainrakuasuchus bellator, the armored "warrior" lived 240 million years ago and occupied a powerful niche in the ...

Over 500 million years ago, the Cambrian Period sparked an explosion of skeletal creativity. Salterella, a peculiar fossil, defied conventions by combining two different mineral-building methods. After decades of confusion, scientists have linked it ...

Researchers discovered that continents don't just split at the surface--they also peel from below, feeding volcanic activity in the oceans. Simulations reveal that slow mantle waves strip continental roots and push them deep into the oceanic mantle. ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists found that bumblebees can tell the difference between short and long light flashes, much like recognizing Morse code. The insects learned which signal led to a sweet reward, demonstrating an unexpected sense . ...

Researchers have rediscovered a long-lost Babylonian hymn from 1000 BCE, using artificial intelligence to piece together fragments scattered across the world. The hymn glorifies ancient Babylon's beauty, prosperity, and inclusivity, even describing . ...