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As grandiose as we might think our civilizations have become, we are but the latest entry in the long chronicle detailing life on Earth. We humans share this planet with fellow organisms whose vast numbers completely tower over our own. We borrowed this planet from its previous inhabitants from eons ago and whose lives were written on the soil-turned-rock on which they were laid to rest. Modern Sciences urges its readers to contemplate our planetary co-inhabitants, both past and present.
Humans evolved with their microbiomes – like genes, your gut microbes pass from one generation to the next
The gut microbiome may also play a role in personalized medicine. nopparit/iStock via Getty Images Plus Taichi A.…
Earth harbours 20,000,000,000,000,000 ants – and they weigh more than wild birds and mammals combined
Shutterstock Mark Wong, The University of Western Australia; Benoit Guénard, University of Hong Kong; François Brassard, Charles Darwin…
Can We Use Physics to Explain Life?
No doubt it’s one of the most important—and contentious—questions known to science. However, that doesn’t stop the brightest…
A fossil baby helped scientists explain how mammals thrived after the dinosaur extinction – new research
An artist’s impression of the Pantolambda bathmodon H Sharpe, Author provided Gregory Funston, The University of Edinburgh Sixty-two…
We found the oldest ever vertebrate fossil heart. It tells a 380 million-year-old story of how our bodies evolved
Kate Trinajstic, Curtin University and John Long, Flinders University In the limestone ranges of Western Australia’s Kimberley region,…
Neanderthals died out 40,000 years ago, but there has never been more of their DNA on Earth
Artist: Tom Björklund / Moesgård Museum, Author provided Peter C. Kjærgaard, University of Copenhagen; Mark Maslin, UCL, and…
5 virus families that could cause the next pandemic, according to the experts
Allen Cheng, Monash University; Andrew van den Hurk, The University of Queensland; Cameron Webb, University of Sydney, and…
Four ways to tell if your cat loves you – based on science
Nitiphonphat/Shutterstock Emily Blackwell, University of Bristol Even the most devoted cat owners wonder at some point, perhaps waking…
How Do Seashells Get to Mountaintops?
Took a hike recently? You may have noticed certain features in the rock that, simply put, have seemingly…
A new discovery shows major flowering plants are 150 million years older than previously thought
Prof Shuo Wang/Shi et al., 2022, Author provided Byron Lamont, Curtin University A major group of flowering plants…