Tap into the extraordinary tale of evolution in this cosmic clicker game! Once upon a time, over 4.5 billion years ago, there was no life in the Solar System. And then, almost in the blink of an ...

Futurist Ray Kurzweil defines the Singularity as a period during which the pace of technological change will be so rapid, its ...

Little is known about the ape as only a few fossils are known, including this jawbone A fossilised tooth left behind by the largest ape that ever lived is shedding new light on the evolution of apes.

All cells rely on cell signaling to detect and respond to cues in their environment. This process not only promotes the proper functioning of individual cells, but it also allows communication and ...

“The singularity,” the moment where AI is no longer under human control, is less than a decade away—according to one AI expert. More resources than ever are being poured into the pursuit of ...

Take the evolution of sex, for instance. To make the move from asexual to sexual reproduction, nature took a system by which parent cells reproduced simply by dividing (asexual reproduction ...

Specialised cell type Animal or plant cell? Function Features of cell that allow it to perform its function Beta cell (in pancreas) Animal Releases hormone insulin Uses its genetic instructions to ...

For the first time, an off-the-shelf CAR T cell therapy has been used to treat potentially life-threatening autoimmune disorders in three people. With a single shot, the treatment rapidly reversed ...

Plant cells placed in a solution with an equal water concentration to the contents of their cytoplasm and vacuole (dilute sugar solution) will not experience an overall change in volume.

According to many experts, we may soon find ourselves using fuel cells to generate electrical power for all sorts of objects we use every day. A fuel cell is a device that uses a source of fuel ...

Here’s how it works. The best cheap cell phone plans out there can give you as much data as you need, while keeping your monthly wireless costs under $40. That may sound too good to be true ...

Here’s how it works. There's a lot of things to consider when searching for the best cell phone plan, from coverage to perks. But when I'm evaluating plans, the question I ultimately ask myself ...