Does it matter what children read, as long as they are reading?

Brazil’s highland forest has been shaped by climate change and Indigenous people for 6,000 years

Prehistoric pollen records show that forest dynamics were driven by more than just broad-scale climatic changes.

Why an EU ruling about a traffic app could have major implications for big tech companies

Big tech platforms argue they simply store and display information created by others, so should not be seen as legally responsible for it.

Was This Fossil Creature the First Right-Hander Ever?

A half a billion years ago, this organism preferred to bend to the right The post Was This Fossil Creature the First Right-Hander Ever? appeared first on Nautilus.

If You Want Animals to Understand You, Speak Slowly

A new study suggests almost all animal communication shares a common, slow rhythm The post If You Want Animals to Understand You, Speak Slowly appeared first on Nautilus.

The extraordinary life and quiet death of the world's largest iceberg

Forty years after breaking away from Antarctica, the frozen colossus known as A23a died as it lived: drifting around the bottom of the globe, fascinating ardent observers, and offering scientists critical new insights about our living ocean.

The tiny cell that broke a big rule of biology