For ten years running, computer scientist Alexandros Stamatakis from the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) ...

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A research team at the University of Cologne examined how optional support influences students' learning success and ...

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New research has developed the first molecular ‘clock’ for common dolphins. It could be a game-changer for conservation.

Researchers have newly described three extremely rare species of toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage and give birth to toadlets.

In the world of phylogenetics, there's team sponge and team comb jelly.Which creature roots the animal tree of life — the simple sponge or the more ...