In the waters off Madagascar’s northeast coast, archaeologists say they have uncovered the final resting place of a ship ...

The key change is an ancient defense system. Basically, these tomatoes are manufacturing a version of an alkaloid whose ...

Atomic clocks — among the most precise instruments humans have ever built — have been keeping track of Earth’s spin since the ...

According to a provocative new study, that might just be our cosmic address. This idea is meant to solve one of the biggest ...

A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...

The drug is Ambroxol. It’s been used for decades to treat respiratory ailments by thinning mucus and easing coughs. But now, ...

A chimpanzee named Juma turned out to be quite the trendsetter. He picked up a blade of grass and stuck it in his ear, a ...

Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a system that mimics natural selection inside living mammalian cells ...

The OTOF gene encodes otoferlin, a protein that plays a critical role in hearing. It helps transmit sound signals from the ...

In a new study, participants from China, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom consistently rated men with low-to-moderate body ...

One answer lies in something Casasanto and his team call “left-handed exceptionalism.” Lefties make up just about 10% of the ...

With lessons learned from their first attempt, Kyoto University scientists hope a second CubeSat made of magnolia will spark ...