Zoonotic diseases have always plagued both humans and our close extinct relatives.

Deep red light stimulates mitochondria -- the cell's power generators -- which may help people see better.

We're witnessing a revolution in materials engineering and manufacturing.

More children likely survived infancy in hunter-gatherer times than previously thought.

The problem is more widespread than you'd think.

It's just a step away from banning inhumane practices in the restaurant and fishing industries.

We have research and development to thank for affordable batteries.

Extra copies of genes, known as duplications, help the giant tortoises live a long and prosperous life.

Researchers have found a surprising link between endocannabinoids and gut microbes in reducing inflammation.

A new age of imaging technology is upon us.

Cannabis may also share the medical properties of garlic.

Smaller auctions may counter-intuitively sell items for better prices.

Native American medicinal knowledge may help scientists develop drug combos in the modern age.

Scientists never thought such a mineral could be found at the planet's surface.

The animal was part of a captive group of ferrets released into the wild recently.

The step test is a great approximation of cardiovascular fitness at one point in time.

The nuclear device was so powerful, it was too big to use effectively.

The troposphere is getting about 50 meters thicker per decade due the buildup of greenhouse gases, at a rate that...

It prevents the entry or escape of electromagnetic fields

The sinister uniform represents a fascinating trip into history, during a time when humans were still struggling to understand infectious...

We undergo sleep paralysis every night and don't notice it -- unless we're awake when it happens.

Jerome H. Powell, governor of the Federal Reserve Board. Credit: Brookings Institution. In September, consumer prices rose by 5.4% compared...

Astronauts may have to shorten their missions on the space station to mitigate this problem.

Big-brained birds were better at adapting to their rapidly shifting environment -- and that may have ultimately saved them.

Many people hate both casual hookups and illicit drugs. Scientists found a genetic connection and the underlying motives may surprise...

Although the process is not efficient, it's a proof of concept for carbon neutral liquid fuel.

Dogs tilt their heads when they're focusing on associating the meaning of a word with a task.

The findings bring us a step closer to finding signs of past habitability on the red planet.

In an increasingly desertifying planet, these gene candidates could save some of our food crops.

A talking seal inspired scientists to look to the marine mammals for clues that might untangle the origin of speech.

A reminder that our asteroid monitoring program is riddled with gaping holes.

It can be self-administered by anyone, which would make it ideal as a 'booster' shot patients can pick up from...

If it weren't for the federal government spending on extra unemployment benefits and stimulus checks, this last recession would have...

Nothing actually new under the sun, but the new designation aims to clear a lot of confusion surrounding the human...

The planet's innermost layer is more like a soup than a brick.

In a remote area of Brazil, capuchin monkeys have been adapting their own stone tools for thousands of years.

Sensory adaptation follows the same response curve across all organisms, scientists have proposed in a new study.

From below the water's surface, swimming humans may look like food -- especially to great white juvenilles.

It would travel faster and farther than any man-made object we've made thus far.

Over the course of generations, humans have selected dogs that were better at communicating their feelings.

These lemurs' songs have the same rhythm as the intro to We Will Rock You.

The high-resolution image shows chinks in the bacteria’s armor that could ultimately be used to destroy them.

It's another biomarker that makes each individual unique.

The environment changed faster than the mammoths could adapt at the end of the last Ice Age.

Fear and stress caused Americans to buy more guns than ever -- and we all know where that gets us.

The pristine fossil fills huge gaps in the fossil record, explaining how early crabs left the ocean for land.

It's one of the biggest medical breakthroughs we've seen.

The wooden cutlery could prove a sustainable alternative to steel and ceramic knives.

These early tamed horses became so successful they replaced all other populations throughout Eurasia in just a few hundred years.

Too little sunlight will make you Vitamin D deficient. Too much and you risk sunburns and skin cancer.