Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Endocannabinoids act "like a 'dimmer switch,' fine-tuning neural activity to maintain balance, or homeostasis," Ryan McLaughlin, co-director of the Cannabis Research Center and as ...

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park hosts sand-dune fields that fill up with lagoons every wet season, but the reserve also has ...

The study found that people with synesthesia — a neurological condition in which the senses blend together — don't just ...

The discovery of an enigmatic ape's 18 million year-old fossils in Egypt hints that the ancestors of all living apes, a group ...

A new study found that microgravity simulated on Earth hindered sperm cell movement, egg fertilization and embryo development ...

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many ...

Scientists in China have announced the first confirmed sighting of the critically endangered Hainan hare in part of its ...

A fast-spreading fungal disease has left the newly named Australian "zombie tree" unable to produce flowers, fruit or seeds, ...

A man's neck tattoo triggered a reaction so rare that it was only the second recorded case. When you purchase through links ...

Modular robots are easily expandable, know when they're upside down or stuck, and can march forward across all kinds of ...

Antarctica could warm much faster than its surroundings over the next few decades due to a phenomenon known as polar amplification that is well established in the Arctic.