Learn about the recent norovirus outbreak on the Pacific Crest Trail, infecting at least seven hikers and causing dozens more ...

Learn how a recreational dive, a Facebook message, and years of DNA analysis led researchers to identify a sesame-seed-sized ...

Learn more about peptideins and how researchers are shedding light on the dark proteome — the mysterious and largely unexplored layer encoded within our DNA.

Learn how a mirror test with beluga whales revealed bubble play, toy use, and signs of self-awareness rarely seen in animals.

Learn how researchers identified Calamaria incredibilis, a newly described reed snake from southern China with a blunt tail ...

Learn how Ming Dynasty surgical tools buried for more than 600 years revealed traces of aconite, a toxic plant once used to numb pain during medical procedures. Xia Quan died in 1411 and was buried ...