With teeth like that, this pre-dinosaur vegetarian was no push over

Discovered four years ago, and following an updated and more in-depth study of the herbivorous mammalian ancestor, Tiarajudens eccentricus, researchers from Brazil and South Africa can now present a meticulous description of the skull, skeleton and dental replacement of this...

Human hands may be more primitive than chimp's

Today, Nature is publishing a paper "The evolution of human and ape hand proportions," a study that discovers that human hands may be more primitive than chimp's. The work is done by Stony Brook University's Sergio Almecija, Jeroen Smaers and William Jungers. Human...

Herbal extract boosts fruit fly lifespan by nearly 25 percent

The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant long used for stress relief was found to increase the lifespan of fruit fly populations by an average of 24 percent, according to UC Irvine researchers. But it's how Rhodiola rosea, also known as golden root, did this...

Old astronomic riddle on the way to be solved: Absorption of starlight in space

Scientists at the University of Basel were able to identify for the first time a molecule responsible for the absorption of starlight in space: the positively charged Buckminsterfullerene, or so-called 'football molecule' (shaped like a soccer ball). Their results have been published...

Researchers stimulate human amygdala to gain key insight into sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is becoming increasingly recognized as a very real and devastating problem in which impaired breathing is thought to play a critical role. Researchers believe breathing may be impaired during and after seizures, without the patient's...