Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but new a new study suggests it ...

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The long-standing question of how animals came to have an anus may have been solved by studies of which genes are active ...

The researchers also studied fossils of extinct fishes dating back almost 400 million years and saw evidence that some of the oldest jawed fishes had bones with joint cavities for articulated ...

One of the main arguments made for bodyoids is that they could provide spare human organs. There’s a huge shortage of organs ...

In vertebrates, the skeleton of different regions of the body arises from different precursor cells. Researchers have now discovered that these skeletal cells do not just differ in their developmental ...

Twomey’s previous research has shown that drugs such as perampanel, used to treat epilepsy, act as a door stopper around the ...

Scientists at Pennington Biomedical Research Center have gained greater clarity in the brain regions and neurons that control ...

The microorganisms in our intestines play an important role in many bodily processes, from digestion to emotions, and are a ...

One halcyon spring day in 1903, the 69-year-old anatomist and naturalist Dr. James Bell Pettigrew sat at the top of a sloping ...

One powerlifter academic may have found a way to build lifelong, full-body strength and stability in a very old and rare ...