Night owls have a higher risk of death than early birds, which may be due to their higher levels of alcohol and cigarette consumption. (Image credit: FreshSplash via Getty Images) A large analysis suggests that night owls' habit of smoking…
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How did early cells maintain their identity while still allowing some exchange? (Image credit: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering/Peter Allen, Second Bay Studios, CC BY-ND) Billions of years of evolution have resulted in modern cells being incredibly…
A great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), the largest predatory fish on the planet, swims near Guadalupe Island. (Photo credit: Dave Fleetham/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Sharks are among the toughest creatures on Earth. These ancient creatures have…
Normally, the brain has “braking mechanisms” that filter most aspects of its functioning from our conscious experience. (Image credit: Henry King via Getty Images) What happens when we actually die—when the heart stops beating and all electrical activity in our…
Homo sapiens first appeared around 300,000 years ago, descended from Homo heidelbergensis, the common ancestor we share with Neanderthals. (Image credit: JuliusKielaitis/Shutterstock) First proposed by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in the 1850