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

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

Menichetti leads Foodome, a project to map our food’s full chemical complexity. Her team uses AI to mine scientific papers for every chemical compound that has ever been linked to a food. She singles ...

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

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

Designed to study the powerful outbursts, the Swift Observatory quickly contributed to a wide range of discoveries. Now, it's ...

The Vera Rubin Observatory is shedding new light on the faraway regions by Neptune and beyond, including possible solar ...

Rx Kids, a program that provides unconditional cash transfers for pregnant people and infants, reduced neonatal mortality in Flint, Michigan.

Madagascan flying foxes aren’t as mighty as they were 150 years ago. The big bats have shrunk, possibly due to selective ...

GPS tracking reveals fast east-west flights lead to a mismatch between birds' internal time and the sun’s position, skewing ...

Everyday Earth clouds get their start with a bit of salt or dust. Not so the Red Planet's Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud, ...

Using a proof-of-concept test to analyze fragments of RNA in urine, researchers can detect cases of bladder cancer.