Miguel Ángel Criado

The warmer winters of recent decades are altering a sophisticated survival strategy shaped by millions of years of evolution

Sumerian and Acadian texts recover the practice as both a show of affection between friends and family and as part of sex

A study of bones and teeth from the 19th century – recently unearthed in the United Kingdom – shows that children suffered from physical punishment, stunted growth and malnutrition

The innovative method for obtaining genetic material allows us to link archaeological artifacts with the people who touched them

Researchers have used the artificial intelligence system GPT to capture the meaning of sentences, instead of literal words

Comparative genomic studies of 240 species shed light on the origin and evolution of mammals, and the special attributes of people

The monitoring of hundreds of these animals reveals how they enter the deepest phase of sleep, without falling into the jaws of orcas or sharks

Climate change has been producing more dry spells at a faster rate over the past 70 years

A carved bone found near Barcelona was used to sew animal skin tens of thousands of years ago, well before the arrival of the needle to Europe

An analysis of more than 100 societies confirms that disease, disasters and even wars tend to be seen as the doing of supernatural forces

Lack of water, cut stems or infections generate certain noises due to the movement of fluids. However, this is not a form of communication, experts point out

Wood from the tomb of King Midas’ father shows how a rainfall shortage and widespread famine could have wiped out the Hittite civilization

‘Drosophila melanogaster’ can detect what amounts to a sixth taste, helping it avoid harmful substances. Scientists hope to find similar high-pH detectors in mammals

The complex movements that these insects use to indicate the location of new flowers are passed from generation to generation

The fires that ravaged Australia in 2020 weakened the filter that protects the Earth from solar radiation

A study shows that the dogs are distinct, but the explosion of flora and fauna in the affected area has raised questions about whether it’s due to radiation

Mothers forgo having more offspring and share the food they hunt with their sons for life but neglect their daughters after a certain age

GPS tracking of a hundred stolen bikes in Amsterdam shows they are back in circulation in the same city

Hundreds of small stones found in a cave in southern France indicate that both species met millennia earlier than previously thought

Bacterial resistance to antibiotics has run amok in the country after 40 years of armed conflict and the problem is spreading beyond its borders, experts warn

Many elephants are now born without the emblematic ivory and goat scurs are getting smaller

Dozens of ceramic vessels discovered in the Saqqara necropolis still contain instructions on how to prepare the dead for eternal life

A tiny version of the shape-shifting android from ‘T2′ demonstrates the material, which alternates between solid and fluid states and could help solve medical and engineering problems

Nighttime brightness from human activity continues to increase; now, only the brightest stars can be seen in cities

The analysis of pollen from about 38 million years ago allowed researchers to correctly attribute the flowering plant, which was misidentified in the 19th century

The existence of these microbes is essential to understanding the role of viral particles in the life cycle