We have long taken it for granted that gravity is one of the basic forces of nature – one of the invisible threads that keeps ...

New research has shown how the parasitic amoeba Entamoeba histolytica takes bites from your cells to use as a disguise, ...

Scientists in the US have created a way to 3D print materials inside the body using ultrasound. Tests in mice and rabbits ...

Most Pacific voyagers rely on celestial navigation. Stars rise in the east, set in the west, and, near the equator, follow a ...

Reading on the toilet is something people many do, but the time-sucking powers of smartphones may have us sitting on the ceramic stool for an unhealthy amount of time.

The pursuit of happiness is ancient, with countless generations mulling the sources of their own and others' contentment. In ...

In all that time, no singing was seen directed at infants, and no dances were observed. It's apparently not something the ...

Artificial intelligence is a broad term encompassing many different subtypes, from apps that can write poetry to algorithms ...

Researchers have now 'heard' the echo of cyclones whirling ocean waters from all the way on the other side of our planet.

Life on Earth probably began in warm, underwater 'chemical gardens', rich in hydrogen and iron. Researchers from Germany have ...

In 2024 a scientific team reported that a fossil found in New Mexico, from the T. rex relative Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis, ...

We're all aware of the psychological pain of a broken heart – countless books, songs, and movies have been written and made ...