Fossils are used to explore the origin of animals and their development afterwards with Simon Conway Morris.

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What happened to the dinosaurs and other extinct groups of animals? Why do they no longer exist? Simon Conway Morris presents theories on what happened to them, and how life developed afterwards.

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Where did we come from? Simon Conway Morris takes us three billion years back to the building blocks of life itself.

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During one of its closest approaches to the Sun, Europe’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft got a ring-side seat as an explosive burst of radiation began to billow ou...

NASA will launch the Artemis II mission this year, sending four astronauts on an approximately 10-day journey around the Moon. The test flight will expand our presence in deep space, setting the stage for future lunar surface missions and gaining the knowledge…

This live feed from our Kennedy Space Center in Florida will provide continuous views of the Artemis II Moon rocket beginning on Saturday, Jan. 17 with rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B.

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A new Science Robotics study highlights a control approach that enables Punyo, a humanoid upper body robot, to manipulate unwieldy objects using its body.Rea...

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Astronomers might not know what dark matter is made of, and they might not be able to see it, but they know that it exists. So over the decades, they've…

The Science staff named the rise of renewable energy as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year, but there were many other research advances that caught our attention last year. Here are nine other impactful achievements you might have missed last year.

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Dig into the epic of Mwindo, a boy seeking vengeance upon his power-hungry and murderous father who has fled to the underworld.

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If any of his wives ever birthed a son, he’d be killed immediately. That was the threat Shemwindo, ruler of the village of…

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We all make the resolution to start exercising at the New Year only to quit mere weeks later. But research suggests…

Exercise is well understood to be good for you, but how much do you need to do in order to tap into its benefits?

In general, the consensus has been that simply doing more exercise increases its effectiveness, but now researchers are getting fresh insights…

After wildfires consumed houses and brush alike in Los Angeles, researchers mobilized to understand the health risks posed by urban conflagrations.Read more:...

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In 2016, a baby boy was born in Mexico who was special. He had three genetic parents. In the nearly ten years…

Explore the viruses which can cause herpes, how the infection affects your body, and what makes it so hard to prevent and cure.

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In the 1st century CE, Emperor Tiberius made an unprecedented decision: banning kissing at all public events. This move was…

Ian Stewart explains how mathematics is the magic thread that binds our universe.

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With its UFO-like display, this cuttlefish may look like it’s trying to get attention—but its intent is anything but. The undulating black stripes confuse pr...

The Pernkopf Atlas contains some of the most detailed illustrations of the human body ever created. That's why many surgeons and anatomists still consult it today. But the book has a dark past. Its author and illustrators were Nazis, and many of the people…

Ian Stewart asks: How do we walk? Why do we walk the way we do? And just what are kangaroos up to?

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This Lecture from Ian Stewart examines probability – the fascinating and frustrating laws which govern chance.

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