The brain has a remarkably flexible system for handling uncertainty and changing situations. Researchers found that the ...

Scientists have found evidence that the effects of a mother’s age on her offspring may be driven by reversible changes in ...

MIT physicists found that two electronic phases inside the same quantum material emerge through surprisingly different ...

Engineered probiotic bacteria were able to infiltrate pancreatic tumors, stimulate cancer-fighting immune cells, and slow ...

Coffee drinkers may be getting more than an energy boost. A Finnish study found that people who drank more coffee tended to ...

Breast cancer is rising rapidly among Asian American women, with some of the most alarming increases occurring in younger ...

A tiny machine made from just an atom and particles of light may sound impossibly simple, but it raises a surprisingly ...

Honeybees can apparently detect when their food has the wrong balance of essential nutrients and adjust how much they eat to ...

Miocene South America was packed with giant prey—and the predators hunting them were just as spectacular. Fossil bite marks ...

A tomb in Egypt’s Theban Necropolis reveals a surprisingly organized story of burial, reuse, and changing beliefs spanning ...

A widely prescribed blood pressure drug was associated with a 33% higher risk of serious kidney problems in people with type ...

Researchers have built microscopic, light-driven robots that can rapidly navigate through liquid, collect bacteria, and deposit them in chosen locations. These tiny “cleaners” could open new ...