Earth’s first sponges may have been ghostly, soft-bodied pioneers—ancient animals that evolved long before their skeletons ever appeared in stone.

The platypus is one of evolution's lovable, oddball animals. The creature seems to defy well-understood rules of biology by ...

In high-intensity laser–matter interactions, including laser-induced particle acceleration, physicists generally want to work ...

Liquids and solutions may look simple, but on the molecular scale they are constantly shifting and reorganizing. When sugar dissolves in water, each sugar molecule quickly becomes surrounded by fast ...

Every December, the Northern Hemisphere experiences a quiet astronomical pivot, the winter solstice, the day with the least daylight and the longest night of the year. It’s the moment the Sun reaches ...

Will scrapping the PSLE create a sheltered generation, unprepared for the rigours of the modern workplace? This concern was expressed in a recent op-ed by Associate Professor Mary Foong-Fong Chong, ...

The root of period pain lies in the uterus, a muscular organ that contracts regularly during menstruation to shed its lining. In the days leading up to bleeding, the body releases chemical messengers ...

Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore’s own Direct School Admission show that each pathway for sorting students carries its own inequities and tensions. Now is an apt time for review and reflection, ...

Are you a multitasker, a free spirit, or an overly optimistic planner? Experts say these are some of the traits that explain why some people are always running behind. Some people just seem wired to ...

Discover how scientists are harnessing the power of CRISPR to precisely edit DNA, revolutionizing medicine and ethics as they rewrite the very code of life. Pixabay, PublicDomainPictures CRISPR ...

An international team of researchers led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, working with 15 collaborators around the world, has conducted the most ...