Researchers used machine learning models to predict preterm birth risk, identifying linear SVMs as the most accurate, with ...

A popular model of evolution concludes that it was incredibly unlikely for humanity to evolve on Earth, and that extraterrestrial intelligence is vanishingly rare.

Scientists discovered that the red stigmas in wind-pollinated trees accumulate anthocyanin, the same compounds that are revealed in autumn leaves after green chlorophyll production slows down and ...

A new study sheds light on the genetic underpinnings of two rare apricot species endemic to southern China—Prunus ...

Any animal’s eye color is determined by its levels of two melanin pigments: eumelanin, which makes brown-black, and ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, ...

About 30 million years ago, parts of Egypt were covered in lush forests. Within those trees, lurked an order of fearsome big ...

This important study characterizes the mechanics and stability of bolalipids from archaeal membranes using molecular dynamics simulations. A mesoscale model of bolalipids is presented and evaluated ...

On an average, it takes up to 12 years to add a species to the federal Endangered Species list, a backlog activists say puts ...