Most animals and plants never fossilize. For those that do, it's usually only hard parts such as bones and shells that preserve. However, in some exceptional cases, soft tissues such as muscles and gills survive the fossilization process and can present a wealth of information about the biology and ecology of ancient organisms.

Meta Platforms used public Facebook and Instagram posts to train parts of its new Meta AI virtual assistant, but excluded private posts shared only with family and friends in an effort to respect consumers' privacy, the company's top policy executive told Reuters in an interview.

Upcoming NASA missions will help scientists understand the composition of asteroids – which could inform companies one day hoping to commercially mine asteroids.

Two mathematicians have shown that origami can, in principle, be used to perform any possible computation.

How the lucrative market could spark conservation.

A Reddit user got the surprise of a lifetime when they noticed a human-like jawbone embedded in the new travertine flooring at their parents' house.

While for most people, an itch is an annoying, temporary nuisance, one in five of us will experience chronic itch lasting weeks or months. New treatments finally offer hope.

Evidence of the oldest known platypus and a new species ‘echidnapus’.

An agreement by more than 90 said, however, that artificial intelligence’s benefit to the field of biology would exceed any potential harm.

Scientists say discovery may be linked to decades-long decline in sperm counts in men around the world

Asian Americans and women in the workforce are the most concentrated in fields where AI could assist or replace their job tasks, according to new research.

The universe appears to be fine-tuned for life to evolve.

Inkjet technology has found a host of applications beyond putting dots on paper. It can now be used to make DNA microarrays for genomics, create electrical traces for printed circuit boards, and build 3D-printed structures.

The Triton aircraft has a wingspan wider than a Boeing 737's. The program just reached an important milestone.