Early in development, many animals pick a team—male or female—based on their genetics, and, with time, acquire the ...

Many people still don’t understand how protein works, why it matters or the best ways to get enough of it in their diet. Here ...

King cobras are the world's longest venomous snakes. So, imagine seeing one a few feet away as you embark on a train in India ...

Dancing uses overlooked senses and may tie to our deep evolutionary past. Knowing that can only make it more magical.

Nitrogen, upon which all life on Earth depends, may hold the key for explaining how early life on the planet evolved and how it could evolve on other planets.

Scientists at KAIST have found a way to turn a tumor’s own immune cells into powerful cancer fighters—right inside the body.

Under healthy conditions, the intestinal epithelium fully renews itself every three to five days. Aging and exposure to ...

A Swiss Brown cow has been shown to use tools flexibly and deliberately, challenging long-standing assumptions about the cognitive limits of livestock. In 1982, cartoonist Gary Larson introduced ...

Discovered just seven years ago, vitamin A5 is a little-known plant compound that may play a crucial role in mental and ...

A Portland reptile shop is blending yoga and snakes, drawing sold out crowds and raising questions about wellness, animal care, consent, and why calm pythons are sharing mats with humans.

Scientists at Stanford Medicine have discovered a treatment that can reverse cartilage loss in aging joints and even prevent arthritis after knee injuries. By blocking a protein linked to aging, the ...

How we interact with objects in the world often depends on what colors we perceive them to have, and on how those perceived colors accord with what we know to be the normal or 'canonical' colors of ...