Learn about the brain proteins that could be helping Alzheimer's Disease spread but could also point to future treatments.

Learn more about what fossilized teeth can tell us about the rise of mammals after the extinction of dinosaurs.

Learn how SpudCell, a synthetic cell built from chemical parts, can grow, divide, copy its DNA, and bring life-like behavior ...

Learn how mRNA vaccines work, why serious risks remain rare, and how the technology could be used beyond COVID-19. Many people who received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine had no idea what mRNA was. Some ...

Learn about the amazing wound healing process of a tiny jellyfish, in which cells "walk" toward each other to close wounds.

Scientists are studying what pregnancy does to the brain and how it does so, shedding light on a long-understudied area of neuroscience.

Mound is the second-largest Neolithic mound in Britain, and possibly in Europe. Learn more about its long and unique history.

Learn what happens to our bodies during extreme heat and why heatwaves in the U.S. have a higher mortality rate than ...

Learn how Powassan virus spreads through infected ticks, why cases in Maine and Rhode Island are raising concern, and what ...

Learn about a new working paper that argues that consciousness may not be limited to Earth-like biology, raising the ...

Learn about a surprise find of an early saber-toothed cat skull in a museum drawer, revealing how the teeth of ancient cats ...

Learn how 3D models of primate birth canals found that squirrel monkeys, bushbabies, and other small species may face a ...