In the lab, octopuses used specific moves to slip arms and a bulbous body through tiny holes. The finding could inspire new ...

Gerrothorax maritimus, which existed about 237 million years ago, is the first ever amphibian known to have lived without ...

With gravity's effects mitigated, atoms orbiting Earth on China’s space station reached about 10 trillionths of a kelvin.

Synthetic voices can restore speech, enable scams and outlive their owners. These uses raise questions about trust, consent ...

A comprehensive study of earwax reveals a combination of slippery and sticky properties that may protect against insect ...

Permafrost detachment slides involve large slabs of frozen earth thawing from below and then sliding downhill.

In arms race with bats, hawkmoths have evolved three distinct ways to make bat-busting ultrasound using their genitalia.

GLP-1s, the blockbuster drugs that made billions in recent years, upended traditional diet-and-exercise weight loss. Still, ...

Menichetti leads Foodome, a project to map our food’s full chemical complexity. Her team uses AI to mine scientific papers ...

The life and times of a dinosaur may be written in its blood — if blood can be preserved in bone. Tiny microstructures found in the limb bones of a fossilized 115-million-year-old specimen are the ...

From unstable slopes to former industrial sites to hurricane alleys, some places are not safe to live in. Yet circumstances ...