Bear baiting in England became more popular after the Norman Conquest in 1066, new research shows. The study by Cardiff ...

How will global access to food, water and energy evolve in coming decades? A new study coauthored by MIT researchers suggests ...

Arthropods are small, but they could play an outsized role in tackling some of the world's biggest challenges.

Women's faces are rated as more attractive than men's across cultures, age groups and sexual orientations. This effect, known ...

Extreme heat waves disrupt life in soil. Soil bacteria that produce and resist antibiotics switch into survival mode, temporarily reducing the number of resistance genes. At the same time, heat and ...

Drylands are defined as regions where rainfall is low relative to the atmosphere's ability to draw water from soil and plants. Expanding boundaries of these regions are frequent concerns in climate ...