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by Alec Cope, Collective Evolution So far, life as we know it has needed one ingredient to survive: water. This primordial and basic compound is essential for life on this...

Two decade-long archaeological excavations conducted by Polish researchers in the Egyptian necropolis at Saqqara helped to shed light on social status and physical health of the people who lived during...

Can you with certainty say what is real or not? How do you prove that what you see is real? According to a new study not everything you see is...

– Our ancestors had a tail and they lost it twice. What we, modern humans have today is only a “vestigial” tail, an evolutionary leftover. It is visible in embryos,...

If you like mushrooms, here is some good news for you. Scientists have discovered that some mushrooms may contain unusually high amounts of two antioxidants that could help fight aging...

Are male and female brains different? Yes, they are, indeed. While some brain features are more or less common or even almost identical, there are some key differences. These features...

The Sun’s magnetic activity continuously varies and alter the influx of cosmic rays to the Earth. Spaceweather.com reports daily about the Sun’s activity. Today’s report is: “A GASH IN THE...

Today’s Martian surface is barren, frozen and inhabitable but once, the planet was warmer and wetter planet. For now, it is not possible to answer the question of where the...

Theoretically, it is possible that pulsar could host habitable planets, researchers say. For the first time, astronomers have tried to calculate the ‘habitable’ zones near neutron stars – the range...

One of the most intriguing planetary systems discovered to date is TRAPPIST-1, a system of seven Earth-size worlds orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star about 40 light-years away. The TRAPPIST-1 star...