Scientists suspect that the complex life that slithers and crawls through every nook and cranny on Earth emerged from a random shuffling of non-living matter that ultimately spit out the building blocks of life. Even so, the details to support…
An artist’s interpretation of the Big Bang. In the beginning, there was an infinitely dense, tiny ball of matter. Then, it all went bang, giving rise to the atoms, molecules, stars and galaxies we see today. Or at least, that’s…
A sign for historic Route 66 near Tulsa. Last updated May 1 at 6:10 p.m. ET. Oklahoma is reporting 3,748 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 230 deaths, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health. Community spread has been confirmed…
The more researchers know about how the coronavirus attaches, invades and hijacks human cells, the more effective the search for drugs to fight it. That was the idea my colleagues and I hoped to be true when we began building…
In this episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we’ll take a closer look at mysterious arachnids with more legs and eyes than you can count on one hand: spiders. How long have spiders been around? How many different spider species are…
In this episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we’ll take a closer look at mysterious animal abilities that are so incredible they might as well be superpowers. How do animals breathe underwater? Why can microscopic tardigrades survive being frozen for decades?…