Drawing on data from more than 100 mammal species, an international team of researchers examined the trade-off between living ...

Medney (" Beyond Kuiper ") and co-author Don Macnab-Stark have crafted an intelligent examination of the human condition in the 23rd century as it surges into an existential era of decision, and we’ve ...

Blocking reproduction increases lifespan in both males and females of many different species, a new international University ...

Blocking reproduction increases lifespan in both males and females of many different species, a new international University ...

From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that ...

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognise objects, navigate ...

Some children have already died and only a minority who inherit the mutation will escape cancer in their lifetimes.

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has laid out possible priorities and practicalities of a human mission to Mars. As well as setting out a key priority ...

Swetha Gurumurthy provides a stark, monochromatic view of the human motor system. This high-contrast image shows the “neurites” — the branching highways that connect motor neurons to muscles. Using a ...

A new study shows that Polynesian rats, not humans, were responsible for the deforestation at Rapa Nui, contrary to popular ...

Marker says the sperm bank at the Cheetah Conservation Fund she founded in the southern African nation is a “frozen zoo” of ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new suite of statistical methods that dramatically improves the ability to pinpoint DNA changes responsible for important traits in ...