There’s nothing like that first spring salad you’ve been babying for weeks. And there’s nothing like walking out one damp morning to find every leaf lace-worked with holes and shiny trails everywhere.

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biology have discovered a remarkably streamlined strategy for developmental ...

Gone are the days of spending hours searching for the answer to a question, having to leave the house to meet someone new or even getting up to change the temperature in your home. But technologically ...

Before scientists even knew how many Florida scrub millipedes were left in the wild, a quiet breakthrough happened in a ...

We know so little about it, but we do it all the time. You’re probably doing it right now. Talking to yourself silently under your breath, voicing an internal monologue with an audience of only one.

Editor’s note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry. On Tuesday, researchers at Stanford and Yale revealed something that AI companies ...

Termites became social powerhouses by stripping away genes tied to competition and independence. This genetic shedding locked in monogamy, boosted cooperation, and paved the way for their ...

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Friday that the White House could deploy alternative measures if the Supreme Court rules against President Donald Trump's use of emergency powers ...

Molecular biologist Cynthia Kenyon speaks about her seminal discovery and excitement for the future of longevity research ...

Mystery solved! Here's what TL;DR means and why you keep seeing it online. It can be hard to stay current with the latest slang. Language (and internet culture) continues to evolve, resulting in an ...

What billionaires and giant corporations pay in taxes—and what that means for the rest of us. “We can either have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a ...

T ermites are the descendants of cockroaches, and have undergone significant genetic change to live in vast colonies where breeding is restricted to a single pair. A study of the genetic path they ...