The globe is full of unknown species. But is it really possible to find a completely new animal species in the middle of the ...

For decades, scientists have understood proteins primarily through two defining features: their amino acid sequence and their ...

The Hammerschmiede clay pit near Pforzen in the eastern Allgäu is famous for its wealth of finds: Besides fossils of two ...

Historical records of the deadliest storms and heat waves may be a poor indicator of the scale and impact future weather ...

To monitor the amount and type of nuclear material at power plants and weapons facilities, scientists look for a special ...

Life in the deep sea is under immense pressure—literally. Such extreme conditions can disrupt the delicate structures of ...

A quarter-century after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, religious bias in America has not disappeared, but the forces ...

Switching to a more sustainable diet could halve food-related emissions in cities such as Amsterdam, while in cities such as ...

Even highly antibiotic-resistant bacteria become more vulnerable when their cell wall transport system is disrupted, ...

To be or not to be a gentle parent? That is the question. There is so much controversy these days about gentle parenting.

As extreme heat becomes more frequent and severe, many people are turning to informal adaptation strategies—rigging up ...

Research underway in the lab of Rebecca Alexander, a professor in Wake Forest University's Department of Chemistry, is ...