Category: 7. Science

Orange feathers and red hair have long been viewed as risky evolutionary traits, linked to pigments that can raise cellular stress and, in humans, increase cancer risk.

New research suggests that under certain conditions, that same orange pigment…

Cloud-9 sits in a universe that rarely stops shining. Telescopes are built to chase that light and record every spark they can find. Yet some of the most important clues about how the universe works come from places that barely register at…

A hidden ocean beneath Antarctica’s largest ice shelf could be the continent’s Achilles’ heel — and a major driver of higher sea levels than scientists once expected.

What’s happening?

For the first time, researchers collected long-term…

A newly described fossil fish species, Romundina gagnieri, has revealed teeth growing on bony plates that line the roof of its mouth. This extends the acquisition of teeth in jawed fishes to a far earlier stage in vertebrate evolution.

That…