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Study Proposes Two Independent Origins of Free‑Living Cells

Analysis combining a new reaction‑ordering algorithm, comparative genomics and laboratory chemistry finds LUCA relied partly on metal catalysis while bacteria and archaea later evolved distinct enzyme systems.

Cretaceous Skull Reveals Earliest Head‑First Burrowing Snake

Mice at 22,000 Feet: How the World's Highest‑Dwelling Mammal Survives

Study Finds Tight Birth-Canal Fit Is Common Across Many Primate Species

Pollen-Eating Heliconius Butterflies Live Months Longer Than Close Relatives

Venus Flytrap Closes by Rapidly Softening Its Outer Cell Walls

520-Million-Year-Old Fossils Confirm Bryozoans in the Early Cambrian

Octopuses Learn to Use Mirrors to Locate Hidden Prey

Researchers Name Giant Mosasaur Tylosaurus Rex After Museum Re‑examination

Giant Cretaceous Octopuses May Have Ruled the Seas, Science Study Finds

Giant Cretaceous Octopuses Identified From 27 Fossil Beaks

Peer-Reviewed Study Detects Human-Like Vowel Patterns in Sperm Whale Clicks

Famed ‘Oldest Octopus’ Fossil Reclassified as a Nautiloid

500-Million-Year-Old Chelicerate Pushes Back Spider Lineage by 20 Million Years

X‑Chromosome Study Points to Sex‑Biased Human–Neanderthal Pairings Led by Neanderthal Males

Tiny Argentine Dinosaur Fossil Reshapes Alvarezsaur Evolution and Global Spread

Reanalysis of Lost WA Fossils Splits Iconic Triassic Amphibian Into Two Species

Major Review Finds Same-Sex Sexual Behavior Common in Primates, Linked to Social and Environmental Pressures

Ants Built Bigger Societies by Making Cheaper, ‘Squishier’ Workers, Study Finds

Cycads Use Infrared Heat to Lure Beetle Pollinators, Science Study Finds