Modern mammals have unique hearing abilities, able to sense a broad range of volumes and frequencies using middle-ear ...

But as a professor of religious studies who has spent years examining how mindfulness is defined and practiced across ...

An investigation by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in the US has filled in a missing ...

Scientists in Japan have discovered a previously unknown giant virus, offering new insight into this enigmatic category of ...

Scientists on a research vessel off the central California coast spotted a waved albatross, marking just the second recorded ...

Adrenaline increases the "alertness" of the nervous system, meaning it's ready to trigger muscle contraction. It also increases the amount of blood flow and changes the tension of the muscles, which, ...

A miscarriage can occur for a variety of reasons, but chromosomal abnormalities are a common factor. About half of all known miscarriages in the first or second trimester result from fetuses ...

A pregnant woman's blood sample taken in 1972 was mysteriously missing a surface molecule found on all other known red blood cells at the time.

People who are exposed to certain forever chemicals may be at greater risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to new research.

A parasite that lives permanently in the brains of millions may not be as uniformly dormant as scientists once thought.

Splinters are everyday injuries commonly involving a small shard of wood, glass, metal, plastic, or a thorn that becomes embedded in the skin and the soft tissue underneath.

Here's some science trivia for you: unlike the inner retina in most animals (including us), birds' inner retinas function ...