Rather than catching a yawn on sight, muscles squeezing the uterus could be the trigger for a fetus to catch a yawn from its ...

Positive thinking may boost the body’s defenses against disease. Increasing activity in a brain region that controls motivation and expectation, specifically the brain’s reward system, is linked with ...

VANCOUVER — In a story worthy of CSI: Jurassic Period, researchers have solved the mystery of what killed a predatory allosaurus dinosaur 147 million years ago. The allosaurus fossil contains a ...

The historic Apollo moon missions are often associated with high-visibility test flights, dazzling launches and spectacular feats of engineering. But intricate, challenging handiwork — comparable to ...

In ‘A Voice in the Wilderness,’ Joseph L. Graves Jr. discusses his scientific journey, how he debates racists, and more.

Public health officials are racing to find out how the sometimes deadly hantavirus got aboard a cruise ship and if there has ...

The idea came to Jablonski after studying bird behavior in the American West. He noticed some birds would fling out their ...

Rather than reining in the compounds, the FDA may be poised to broaden access, perhapas even adding peptides to supplements.

A link between particle physics and gravity equations, called the double copy, applies to Hawking radiation, creating a new ...

DNA damage from inflammation outpaces the cells’ ability to self-repair. The finding, in human brain cells and mice, could ...

A new study shows learning to fly in virtual reality with virtual wings can reshape the brain, making it treat wings more ...

Nigerian virologist Margaret Oluwatoyin Japhet has designed a rapid test that could diagnose rotavirus at a child’s bedside.