We have long taken it for granted that gravity is one of the basic forces of nature – one of the invisible threads that keeps the universe stitched together.

New research has shown how the parasitic amoeba Entamoeba histolytica takes bites from your cells to use as a disguise, ...

Scientists in the US have created a way to 3D print materials inside the body using ultrasound. Tests in mice and rabbits ...

Most Pacific voyagers rely on celestial navigation. Stars rise in the east, set in the west, and, near the equator, follow a ...

In all that time, no singing was seen directed at infants, and no dances were observed. It's apparently not something the ...

The pursuit of happiness is ancient, with countless generations mulling the sources of their own and others' contentment. In ...

Put all this together and what do you get? A dehydrated, overheated, intoxicated subject with a racing heart and plummeting blood pressure. Dizziness, fainting and confusion may follow, raising the ...

Researchers have now 'heard' the echo of cyclones whirling ocean waters from all the way on the other side of our planet.

More than 60 million people are estimated to be living with dementia, resulting in over 1.5 million deaths a year and an ...

Led by neuroscientists Elizabeth Rizor and Viktoriya Babenko of the University of California Santa Barbara, a team of ...

In 2024 a scientific team reported that a fossil found in New Mexico, from the T. rex relative Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis, ...

Ultra-processed foods are associated with a rogues' gallery of health problems, including elevated risk for obesity, dementia ...