Now, researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet say they’ve found the clearest answer yet. They report the discovery of ...

On a warm summer afternoon, when your throat runs dry, reaching for a glass of water might feel like the most natural thing ...

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

In practical terms, a one standard deviation increase in IQ (about 15 points on the classic scale) led to a nearly 20% ...

The system is set up to only strike targets flying under one meter per second. Mosquitoes fly, on average, 1 to 1.5 ...

When we first did it 50 years ago, there were no tools for it.” Unlike the Speedmaster, which was retrofitted for the space ...

To simulate menstrual fluid, the team used glycerol, a thick liquid similar in consistency to blood. In both pre-flight and ...

This geometric figure — first identified by dentist William Bonwill in 1864 — is formed by connecting the two points where ...

More than 4,500 years ago, at the dawn of Egypt’s pyramid age, a man was laid to rest in a ceramic pot. He was then sealed ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a ...

This matters. Pain isn’t just a fleeting signal; it can shape long-term brain development. Earlier studies have shown that ...