Life on Earth started in the oceans. Sometime around 475 million years ago, plants began making their way from the water onto ...

And it’s worth thinking about exactly how remarkable it is that the new humanoid robots are able to replicate the smooth, fluid, organic movements of humans and other animals, because the majority of ...

3D bioprinting, in which living tissues are printed with cells mixed into soft hydrogels, or "bio-inks," is widely used in ...

Even if you grew up before 3D printers existed, you'll likely be surprised by how many DIY gadgets were precursors to the ...

Meet Tyrannoroter heberti, the earliest known terrestrial vertebrate that evolved to eat plants. Described from a fossil that dates back 307 million years, it's become the first of its group to have ...

A paper published in Science describes the discovery of Spinosaurus mirabilis, a new spinosaurid species found in Niger. A 20-person team led by Paul Sereno, Ph.D., Professor of Organismal Biology and ...

Life began in the sea, and it took a long time to move onto land. Plants started creeping ashore about 475 million years ago.

Hundreds of millions of years ago, the first animals to crawl onto land were strict meat-eaters, even as plants had already taken over the landscape. Now scientists have uncovered a ...

A team led by Northwestern University and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab scientists have developed a new technology that can eavesdrop on the hidden electrical dialogues unfolding inside miniature, lab-grown ...

A 307-million-year-old fossil reveals that some of Earth’s earliest land animals were already experimenting with a ...