Isn’t that nice?

With great social ability comes great responsibility.

I'm happy to share my data, just not for someone to profit off of it.

Somewhere in Trinidad, killifish are growing more brain cells to avoid predators.

Natural gas, while not ideal, is still less dirty to burn than coal.

Deforestation for agriculture is the leading cause of man-made landscape shifts.

If you wanna fly, sacrifices must be made; mostly in the gut.

That's not something you hear every day.

The team found that the "level of human activity, elevation and habitat type" had a larger effect on wildlife than...

Earth's sister planet might also enjoy a bit of volcanism.

Altruism and pain management seem to go hand in hand.

A new game aims to change "how people think or process information they're trying to learn."

But we now know how to stop it.

"The future mammal record will be mostly cows, pigs, sheep, goats, dogs, cats, etc., and people themselves," the authors note.

The mission was a bust -- but we got the spaceship back!

Seasonally appropriate news.

Asbestos is a really useful mineral but it's also incredibly dangerous to handle.

Students could see a 50% decline in cognitive capacity by 2100 if CO2 emissions don't drop.

Ironically, it makes us put in less and less effort.

Eating well is good for you and the national budget.

"Prevention is going to be key to better managing this epidemic," the authors explain.

'Password1!' isn't a good password.

This humble plant has a long history, and an even longer list of uses.

A nationwide average temperature of 40.9 degrees Celsius this Tuesday set a new record for the land down under.

I know what he's doing, but it still works.

You can starve on too much food.

Moths that employ chemical defenses aren't in a hurry to avoid predatory bats.

All in all, some 563 square kilometers (217 square miles) of forest were cut down in November.

"We're probably all killing a lot of our best ideas early in the creative process without knowing it," says the...

Both baleen and toothed whales grew as large as their food allowed.

The findings offer renewed hope of finding oxygen on alien worlds.

Indonesia may be the home of the oldest cave paintings of hunting bands found in the world. A section of...

On current trends, Greenland ice melting will cause 100 million people to be flooded each year by 2100.

The fossil might represent a transitional stage between foot-powered and tail-powered swimming in modern whales.

"As we see more warm winters off the New England coast, fewer fishermen stay in business," the authors say.

"It's not very often that we're challenging ideas that are almost two hundred years old," says the team.

Don't believe everything you think

A business-as-usual scenario is no longer viable, according to the EU's Science Advisory Council.

Our ancestors screened partners for 'niceness' -- and our genomes reflect that.

People love to communicate -- there are over 7,000 languages in use today.

The high salt content of ramen could increase your chances of having a stroke.

"When the good news is that emissions growth is slower than last year, we need help," the researchers explain.

It's a skill that can likely be trained, the team explains.

Parts from the craft landed in almost two dozen locations spanning several kilometers.

The team is currently working with climate scientists to compare the new dataset with in situ observations and with the...

The study represents one of the most comprehensive analyses of U.S. mortality rates among the 50 states.

It takes me longer to even decide to go to the dentist.

"Our results indicate that the disappearance of Neanderthals might have resided in the smallness of their population(s) alone," the paper's...

Every year, the British Ecological Society runs the photo competition to "celebrate the diversity of ecology".

The study focused on a large shell ring -- essentially, a shellfish waste dump.