Mysterious artifacts suggest modern humans and Neanderthals lived side by side for millennia
Hunters of our species braved cold, harsh conditions as they pushed into ice age Europe[#item_custom_guid isPermaLink="true"]
Why don’t ants always fall for toxic bait? They may learn to avoid it
Results from Argentina suggest ants can catch on to traps[#item_custom_guid isPermaLink="true"]
Is the world 1.3°C or 1.5°C warmer? Historical ship logs hold answers
Diverging estimates of 19th century ocean temperatures drive uncertainty over global warming[#item_custom_guid isPermaLink="true"]
Planets around dead stars offer glimpse of the Solar System’s future—after the Sun swallows us up
By directly imaging planets around white dwarfs, NASA’s JWST telescope has opened a window to the future of the Sun[#item_custom_guid isPermaLink="true"]
Puzzling prehistoric artifacts served a practical purpose: ropemaking
Once thought to be ritual wands or scepters, archaeologists crafted cords using replicas of the ancient tools[#item_custom_guid isPermaLink="true"]
Moss project takes step toward first artificial plant genome
Chinese team makes partially synthetic version of spreading earthmoss chromosome, aiming to harness plant for industry[#item_custom_guid isPermaLink="true"]
Citation cartels help some mathematicians—and their universities—climb the rankings
Widespread citation manipulation has led entire field of math to be excluded from influential list of top researchers[#item_custom_guid isPermaLink="true"]
When frogs can’t croak to get a mate, they dance
“Foot-flagging” species tap into innate fright response to scare away rivals[#item_custom_guid isPermaLink="true"]
Alzheimer’s disease may have been transmitted in now-banned hormone treatments
Other researchers stress that no one need fear “catching” the disease[#item_custom_guid isPermaLink="true"]
‘Landmark paper’ shows why ice age Europeans wore jewelry
Pendants and beads reveal nine cultures living across the continent 30,000 years ago[#item_custom_guid isPermaLink="true"]