Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the U.S. Here's what you need to know about the current situation.

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A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

The idea of U.S. scientists creating hybrid human-animal beings raises staggering ethical, legal, and scientific questions ...

A new hybrid office model consisting of humans and AI agents, known as the “frontier firm”, is starting to emerge, with over 75 per cent of Hong Kong company leaders expecting to expand their ...

But we also wanted those debates to hold up a mirror to ourselves as humans and to ask questions, like: how can we understand ourselves and our place in this world through a creature who is ...

These fearsome creatures frequently prey on animals much larger than themselves and possess killer instincts. While most rarely act aggressively toward humans, they will attack if provoked or cornered ...

Researchers bombarded lichens with a year's worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours — and they survived, hinting that the extremophiles could potentially live on the Red Planet.

In the depths of Earth’s oceans lives a remarkable creature that scientists believe holds the key to revolutionary advances in human health. The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), a salamander native to ...

More information: Takuya Nakagawa et al, Inhibition of human-HPV hybrid ecDNA enhancers reduces oncogene expression and tumor growth in oropharyngeal cancer, Nature Communications (2025).

An international team has succeeded in producing new, efficient thermoelectric materials that could compete with state-of-the-art materials, offering greater stability and lower cost ...