Meeting an octopus is, in many respects, the closest we can come to meeting interplanetary aliens. Yet, new research shows their brains have some startling commonalities to those of humans—perhaps ...

With terrifyingly sharp teeth arranged around a circular mouth, lampreys look about as primitive a vertebrate as you could imagine. But a new study finds that the animals have a surprising similarity ...

Oxygen played a key role in the evolution of complex organisms, according to new research published in BMC Evolutionary Biology. The study shows that the complexity of life forms increased earlier ...

From the perspective of complex systems, a new study reveals the universality, specificity, and explanatory power of underlying rules governing urban system evolution. The paper is authored by an ...

Heavy machinery is entering a new phase where hydraulics, electronics and embedded software are engineered as one integrated system. Using model-based systems engineering (MBSE) as a framework to ...

This study from MIT explores eye evolution through AI simulations, uncovering how different tasks shape visual systems and ...

From the perspective of complex systems, a new study reveals the universality, specificity, and explanatory power of underlying rules governing urban system evolution. The paper is authored by an ...