A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

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Is it possible to study the history of viruses that emerged several hundred million years ago? An international team of INRAE ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from China reveal that bryozoans were already thriving during the Cambrian explosion.

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A study of chimps, gorillas and other great apes, including human children, sheds light on how laughter has evolved.

In 1894, a Dutch scientist, Eugène Dubois, was digging on the serene banks of the Solo River in Java, Indonesia. In his ...

The Java Community Process formally launches development of Java SE 28, with Project Valhalla once again positioned as the release's most closely watched feature.

Nine Java Enhancement Proposals make the final cut as OpenJDK shifts from feature development to bug fixing ahead of a September release.

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...

Agentic AI is a type of artificial intelligence that can autonomously plan and take actions to achieve specific goals.