Glyphosate was long thought to be safe for honeybees because they lack the enzyme the chemical targets in weeds. However, ...

Genetic changes may set off a chain reaction that causes the spine’s natural shock absorbers to harden and deteriorate.

A supermassive black hole has been found lurking about 30,000 light-years from the center of its galaxy—the first dormant ...

Millions of sperm do not always compete alone—some species send them into action as coordinated teams. A sweeping ...

Ancient seafloor sediments have revealed a surprising twist in how the Atlantic’s massive circulation system works. During a ...

A landmark study of nearly 4,000 babies found that acetaminophen and ibuprofen were equally safe during infancy. Neither medicine was linked to eczema or bronchiolitis, and no serious side effects ...

A simple change in posture may subtly affect how people feel and make decisions. Participants who sat upright reported greater feelings of pride and took more successful risks in a virtual balloon ...

An exceptionally preserved snake fossil from Brazil reveals that early snakes were far more diverse than scientists once ...

A prescription form of THC helped many people with PTSD escape recurring trauma-related nightmares, with more than one-third reporting that the nightmares disappeared completely after ten weeks. The ...

A tiny 518-million-year-old sea creature has revealed the earliest known evidence of the structures that eventually became ...

A group of brain cells called orexin neurons appears to help us keep working when reaching a reward becomes increasingly ...

Photons traveling through a cloud of atoms can emerge so early that they appear to have spent a negative amount of time ...