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Wind turbines incorporated into the walls of buildings could prove a creative solution for harnessing wind power in cities.
Digital devices can be a double-edged sword when employed as a parenting strategy to soothe young children.
It doesn't cast a web, but the goliath frogeater has plenty of tricks up its eight sleeves.
The science behind the Statue of Liberty's iconic green color.
The history of a powerful Christmas symbol.
From the ancient Greeks to quantum mechanics, the model of the atom has gone through many iterations.
Being a fireghter comes with a greater risk of cancer, regardless of whether they are called to put out a fire or not.
A high-protein meal can be tasty, but it may come at a price you have to pay in sweat.
Children who learned how to cope with their stress by being more present slept much more and better.
People doubled letters as envelopes to ensure the security of a document, but today we can access them without anyone knowing any better.
Neanderthals may have opened up forests using fire and cutting tools much earlier than modern humans have.
Morbid roadside warning sides may distract drivers through fear of death, ironically causing more harm than good.
It's all about expressing emotions.
There's a reason why humans don't ride zebras.
Set, Game, and Match, flat-earthers!
People could work 20 years more than they do today before they retire. Here's how that could pan out.
"We've been completely backwards in our assumptions of how the modern bird skull evolved for well over a century," researchers said.
Rinse agents used in the final cycles of household dishwashers may disrupt gastrointestinal epithelial cells.
This marks a major shift in policing tactics.
A 17,000-year-old canine humerus is cementing the notion that man's best friend originates in Western Europe.
The device monitors wounds and promotes healing all at the same time.
The suicide prevention anthem may have saved hundreds of lives.
It is now possible to expand the research of new materials by orders of magnitude.
Your biological and chronological age are not the same -- and exposure to stress while still in the womb may make some people age faster as adults.
The world's oldest fossilized brain reveals a turning point in the evolution of the nervous system.
The modified plants produced 25% of the amount of cocaine made by coca plants, weight per weight.
Animal farming is about to go through a technological revolution, but the focus needs to be on animal wellfare too.
The story of a 'fake emperor' from a far-away province at the edge of the Roman Empire just got a lot more interesting.
The device constantly stretches and contracts immobilized muscles to prevent muscle loss.
The booming growth of data is prompting scientists to come up with new creative prefixes to describe the very large, but also the very small.
New research finds a way to render branch-like lithium filaments harmless to solid-state batteries.
Sleep well, exercise the day prior, have a carb-rich breakfast and you should be good to go.
It may have been on Mars, and not on Earth, where life first appeared in the solar system.
The game-changing procedure doesn't involve any surgery and has already been performed on several patients in the UK.
Natives of Indonesia can dive up to 70 meters thanks to a genetic adaptation.
A fertility crisis may be looming.
This is the first practical step towards bringing NASA astronauts back to the Moon after more than 50 years of absence.
Early humans liked their fish well done.
We have to take a new flu shot because the virus keeps mutating -- but this could all change soon.
Fatherhood can have lasting effects across generations -- and this includes through biology too.
Going outside with wet hair won't turn you into a viral magnet, but that doesn't mean you should do it anyway.
It looks like a flying mouth with eyes -- and we absolutely adore it!
It's a combination of thinking like a child and always keeping a catalog of problems that require your attention.
We’ve been spreading a myth all this time.
If you need a new roof, might as well turn it into a solar power generator.
Many lizards, snakes, turtles, and fish thought to be completely silent do actually vocalize -- and this helped trace the origin of acoustic communication to a 400-milion-year-old ancestor.
A friendly reminder that your consumer phone can be a powerful tool in the service of science.
It's now possible to mind control your smartphone. But are we ready to open this can of worms?
It's a major statement to the power of neuroplasticity.
The tool maps human expressive behavior with the geography of song, dance, and speech.
