Our unique lineage: Human evolution has run in complete reverse from other vertebrates

Yet, the Homo genus ... for about half a million years. This analysis also revealed that more hominin species coexisted and possibly competed with each other than previously thought. Read More

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rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising The Justice Department has announced multiple arrests in ... Read More

Earth’s Magnetic Field Nearly Collapsed 600 Million Years Ago. Then, Weird and Complex Life Evolved

A new study suggests more solar radiation reached Earth while the magnetic field weakened, leading to a rise in oxygen that drove an explosion of multicellular organisms during the Ediacaran Period ... Read More

Glowing animals go much further back in time than we thought – nearly 300 million years, to be precise

In a new study, scientists report that deep-sea corals that lived 540 million years ... than previously thought. “Light signalling is one of the earliest forms of communication that we know ... Read More

Instinct for 'fight or flight' may be much older than we thought

The sympathetic nervous system is thought to have evolved in jawed vertebrates and—as jawless vertebrates—lampreys were thought to lack one. However, Marianne Bronner and colleagues have ... Read More

Animals started glowing in the dark nearly 300 million years earlier than we thought

Bioluminescence in marine life dates back 540 million years, winding back the clock by a staggering 300 million years against earlier estimates, a new study finds. "We often think that the deep ... Read More

Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago

The study focuses on an ancient group of marine invertebrates that includes soft corals, pushes back the previous oldest dated example of trait by nearly ... thought to be around 267 million years ... Read More

Glowing Sea Creatures Have Been Lighting Up the Oceans for More Than Half a Billion Years

New research on branching animals known as octocorals pushes the early days of bioluminescence back over 200 million years ... biological quirk more than half a billion years ago would eventually ... Read More

How Manitowoc will use a nearly half-a-million-dollar grant to boost this valuable tourism asset

MANITOWOC — The City of Manitowoc's dock at the Manitowoc Marina will get a nearly half-million-dollar upgrade ... infrastructure was built more than 40 years ago. “This grant will allow ... Read More

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May 17, 2024 • More than 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers who build ... May 17, 2024 • As part of our series on "the Science of Siblings," we looked at how some brothers and sisters are best ... Read More

Bizarre Ferrari with a rubbish top speed of 15mph set to sell for nearly half a million at auction

It had been stored in a leaking barn for nearly 40 years and left to rot. The rare Italian car was spotted by an auctioneer who realised its value. Its owner bought the Ferrari in 1973 for £800 ... Read More

Long Island romance scam victim who lost $468,000 says she was scammed again while looking for help

After eventually sending him nearly half a million dollars, she realized she'd been scammed. "It has been on me for three years ... it's found. We continue to invest in detection technology ... Read More