Life can be a struggle for power – not just for people but for nonhuman animals, too. An animal behaviorist explains how…
Using a new equation based on today’s primates, scientists can take a few molar teeth from an extinct fossil species and…
A wireless transmitter uses almost no power and at first glance appears to violate the laws of physics. It’s actually…
Researchers are exploring different ways to improve how cochlear implant users perceive speech and music in noisy environments.
Starting at the surface, you would have to dig nearly 2,000 miles before reaching the Earth’s core. No one could survive…
A researcher at Tufts University near Boston discovered an old book full of research on starvation written by Jewish doctors…
The majority of flood-related deaths involve vehicles in water. What if flood models could warn of the risks street by street…
Inflammation and damage to the olfactory system from shingles, COVID-19 and herpes infections may contribute to Alzheimer’s…
Preventive and therapeutic vaccines both train the immune system to fight disease, but they are used in different ways.
Mining nodules from the deep ocean seabed could provide the metals crucial for today’s EV batteries and renewable energy…
Some cancers are notoriously resistant to chemotherapy and not curable with surgery. Stopping tumors from adapting to the…
The ways eastern fence lizards have changed in response to red imported fire ants demonstrate how species can adapt to survive…
The Notices to Air Mission system failed on Jan. 10, 2023, leading to thousands of canceled flights. The system is where…
Childbearing goals have remained remarkably consistent over the decades. What has changed is when people start their families…
NASA has been gaining momentum in recent years as investment into space has ramped up in the US. In 2022, missions dealt…
Now that AI systems can generate realistic images and convincing prose, are creative and knowledge workers endangered or…
Many tumors have cancer stem cells that help them grow and evade treatments. Differentiation therapy forces these cells…
With a weather disaster unfolding in California and memories of December’s bone-chilling winter storms fresh in many people’s…
In 2014, Chinese researchers published more papers than any other country for the first time. In 2019, China overtook the…
If you feel safer, you might take more risks – canceling out the benefits of various safety interventions. But educating…