It’s a question that’s long been the cause of debate: is it better to shower in the morning or at night? Morning shower ...

On an island off the coast of Panama lives a population of wild primates with a remarkable culture. White-faced capuchins on ...

The demand for the widely used cancer drug Taxol is increasing, but it’s difficult and expensive to produce because it hasn’t been possible to do it biosynthetically. Until now, that is. R ...

You might think a dinosaur as big as a T.rex wouldn't be able to sneak up on anything. But these iconic giants might be sneakier than we once thought.

Gerard ‘t Hooft won the Nobel Prize in 1999, and the recent Breakthrough Prize, for his work on the Standard Model of Particle physics. He also thinks that quantum mech ...

Despite the popularity of semaglutide drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss, surveys suggest that most people still prefer to lose weight without using medications. For ...

Humans perceive and navigate the world around us with the help of our five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell.

In the natural world—where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity—animal behavior is ...

A new study from Indiana University scientists may aid the pharmaceutical industry in better understanding a popular over-the ...

The Schrodinger's cat experiment is the source of many arguments in quantum mechanics, mostly because that was the whole ...

Wet and shivering, I rose from the outrigger of a Polynesian voyaging canoe. We’d been at sea all afternoon and most of the night. I’d hoped to get a little rest, but rain, wind and an ab ...

Human beings are a panicky species – quick to fear and slow to understand. Over much of our evolutionary history, this ...