Researchers discover a fragment of cord between 41,000 and 52,000 years old that points to Neanderthals’ complex cognitive abilities.

The Tel Aviv University researcher is interested in how the macromolecules affect the health and behavior of successive generations of worms.

From bubbling plants to endangered whales, here are some amazing images from The Scientist in 2019.

An evolutionary biologist knits a festive homage to her research.

Frederik Ruysch’s collections blended specimens for scientific discovery with macabre art.

This ancient red pigment came from underwater.

See this year’s winners of the American Society for Microbiology’s agar art competition.

Using DNA data, researchers track family dynamics in Europe over the last 500 years and find socioeconomic status is related to married women having a child with a man other than their husband.

For centuries, painters and poets have looked to the ocean for insight. Researchers, too, have found their muse in the Earth’s salty realm.