Evidence that Neanderthal and Homo sapiens engaged in cultural exchange

After 120 years, Yellowstone bison are a single breeding population

Laser-based device can scan almost any sample of gas and tell you what's in it

Carbon recyclers: Sulfur bacteria break down organic substances in seabed

Optimal brain process requires balance between excitatory and inhibitory neurons

An equation of state for dense nuclear matter such as neutron stars

In contrast to Earth, Mars's middle atmosphere appears driven by gravity waves

Room-temperature superconductors: Fundamental constants suggest they could exist

First flat telescope lens that captures color, detecting light from stars

Hydrogen cyanide and acetylene detected in a brown dwarf

Unexpected Shape of Lead-208 Nucleus May Force Scientists to Reevaluate Atomic Nuclei Models

First Ultra-High Energy Neutrino Detected in Deep-Sea Telescope

Static electricity depends on materials' contact history

Powerful legal and financial services enable kleptocracy, research shows

Hydrogen becomes a superfluid at nanoscale, confirming 50-year-old prediction

Drone captures narwhals using their tusks to explore, forage and play

Staphylococcus aureus 'steals' iron from our blood during infections

Biologists discover a new type of control over RNA splicing

The US has exposed the World Anti-Doping Agency's precarious funding model

Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world

Engineering of human cells reveals genome's resilience to structural changes

AI dialogue analysis confirms movies have grown more violent over past 70 years

Orchid's nutrient theft from fungi shows photosynthesis-parasitism continuum

Spanish 'running of the bulls' festival reveals crowd movements can be predicted

Birds have developed complex brains independently from mammals

Rwandan scientists develop local yeast for banana wine-makers

New technique generates topological structures with gravity water waves

Durable plastic gets a sustainability makeover in novel polymerization process

Extreme supersonic winds measured on a planet outside our solar system

January smashes heat record, surprising scientists

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