Ants with minimal conditioning training were able to sniff out cancer with an accuracy comparable to canines.

Maybe it's time to temper our enthusiasm.

The Amazon people may hold the key to slow, healthy aging.

The test could become a standard procedure when patients visit their dentists for a routine cleaning.

If true, this could have major implications for physics.

First there were geese, then came fried chicken.

Genes from the mother may strongly influence decisions made by sons, while dad's genes introduced biases over daughters.

Over 75% of the Amazon is losing resilience, bringing it closer to a very dangerous threshold.

Megalodon sharks closer to the equator may have been twice as small as those much higher up in latitude.

Besides a lizard king, there may have been an emperor and queen too.

Mirrors aren't 'silver' or 'colorless'.

The high-power laser weapon is meant to be deployed against drones, as well as rockets, artillery, and mortars.

Actually, no.

People with ADHD were 10 times more likely to exhibit clinically significant hoarding behaviors compared to the general population.

Roach burgers might be a thing sooner than you think.

Although the megalithic monument had long been thought to be a calendar, new discoveries may now explain how it exactly...

Russia was a major partner of the ExoMars mission. But due to the war, the European Space Agency will now...

Even the genes that make us shed tears when cutting onions are bacterial in origin.

The cooler is 10,000 times smaller than the previously smallest thermoelectric fridge.

The emblematic aircraft was literally one of a kind.

White House sanctions are meant to undermine Russia's space program. But what does that mean for the International Space Station?

War is in full swing in Ukraine. This means truth-dodging propaganda is just around the corner.

It's a welcome addition to solving the climate crisis.

These creatures just won't stop ticking.

The Balkans and Anatolia once formed a single landmass separated from the rest of Europe, and may have been a...

SARS-CoV-2 infection damages the testicles of hamsters. But vaccinated rodents were spared.

Researchers have uncovered new details about the origin of King Tut's iron dagger forged from a meteorite.

Further evidence that humans are inherently musical.

This popular social game may help stave off loneliness and depression among older Chinese.

Less than 1% of the population can use both their hands equally well at any task. But there's still much...

When trying to scale an idea all the way from your head to the world marketplace, you better pay attention...

From detective work to science, both types of reasoning can prove invaluable.

You can avoid the dizziness induced by standing up by raising your knees while seated or clenching your lower limbs.

It's a roundabout way to study what it takes to grow a human heart from scratch.

Neanderthals were smart enough to pick the perfect spot where to place their cave fires.

Nutrients from dog waste are overfertilizing the soil across natural areas close to urban centers.

Counting is hard when your language doesn't have words for numbers.

The Tesla Roadster has so far traveled over 2 billion miles, way past its warranty mileage.

We now know what to order in that fancy Martian restaurant.

It's basically a miniaturized version of the ballistic guiding systems found in tanks.

More than a hundred people with dementia have died over the years in the U.S. as a result of resident-to-resident...

If you struggle with weight loss, simply getting more sleep could do wonders.

The personalized spinal cord stimulation restored motor movements in completely paralyzed patients within a few hours.

It's a dazzling display of prosocial behavior among great apes.

When enamel starts wearing off, cavities are not far behind. This new material could finally bring dentistry in the 21st...

Older people who regularly solve crosswords and Sudoku have the mental abilities of those ten years their junior.

It could be a great alternative to sutures, which require specialized surgical training and can lead to infections.

Private space flight is up for a new important milestone.

It looks like a gruesome mortuary practice, but the 16th century Andean communities were probably just desperately trying to avoid...

There's a new player in the space flight game.