In Old Norse mythology, Baldr, the son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg, was slain with a mistletoe spear. Some interpretations suggest that, “kissing under the mistletoe symbolizes forgiveness, ...
A research team led by Prof. Zhu Min—a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and affiliated with the CAS Institute ...
Genomes are key to unlocking life's evolutionary history. The presence and absence of certain genetic sequences and mutations can give us clues to the ...
The timeline of terrestrial evolution holds surprises. While scientists thought complex life required oxygen, a recent ...
In the dim waters off the Japanese coast, scientists have stumbled upon something that shouldn’t exist. Or at least not by ...
As eukaryotic cells started to form, eukaryotic traits may have emerged in early cells about one billion years before the ...
Researchers have created an artificial intelligence model that can identify which mutations in human proteins are most likely to cause disease, even when those mutations have never been seen before in ...
Seven years after the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, a new documentary shines a light on the brave Pittsburgh first responders who faced unimaginable danger inside the Tree of Life ...
It has been seven years since 11 worshippers were killed inside the Tree of Life Synagogue. On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman went inside and started firing at the three congregations. In 2023, he was ...
Audrey Glickman showed up for morning minyan today — as she has nearly every morning since Oct. 27, 2018, when she survived the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Glickman, now 68, was ...