Scientists have found a link between shortened telomeres and excessive sleepiness.

California's redwood forest has the tallest trees in the world. Let's see why.

A drug that interferes with certain molecular signaling allows wounds to heal with normal skin.

Most people don't experience side effects to the COVID vaccines. Here's why you shouldn't be particularly worried.

The study may explain why there is such rich diversity in attractiveness perception.

From this vantage point, the ISS looks like a X-Wing fighter from Star Wars.

Humanity is massively overshooting the planet's resources. It's time to give Earth a much needed breather.

Melting glaciers and the depletion of groundwater has redistributed so much mass that the poles started to drift.

An invasion of locusts, a karate school in Syria, and a professional Russian slap in the face, are among this...

The Unicorn is just three times the mass of the Sun, making it one of the smallest ever found.

Male fruit flies have more DNA repeats that may explain their shorter lifespan compared to females.

The findings suggest that gender differences in math are socially-induced rather than innately biological.

Concrete is an electrical insulator -- but a sprinkle of nanocarbon allows electrons to flow.

Although this ancient Hebrew text is written in the same handwriting, a computer algorithm was able to spot two distinct...

Chess quickly teaches you how to walk the fine line between good and poor risk-taking.

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Their shimmery wings actually act as camouflage.

The Olympic Games have swelled in cost and carbon footprint. It is time for some changes.

China isn't very fond of cryptos, apparently.

The amazing sheepshead fish has human-like teeth.

The monkey simply thought about moving its hands up or down and the paddle moved accordingly.

Forget about killer asteroids for a second. Most of the extraterrestrial matter on Earth is invisible to the naked eye.

Scientists found that people are biased against subtractive solutions.

This could be the biggest news in physics since the Higgs boson.

Nature can be super savage.

This online tool ranks the scariest animal-borne viruses that either crossed or have the potential to cross species barriers.

In some situations, the combination of AI and robots can speed up experiments by a factor of x1000.

For every 13th COVID-related death, a child loses one parent.

The frenzy around the GameStop stock may have actually ignited genuine change that could save the company from bankruptcy.

Improvements in healthcare and the increasing use of IVF may explain why some many twins are getting born.

Replacing a single car trip with biking could dramatically lower your carbon footprint.

It was clear humans were warming the planet for some time -- now we have official confirmation.

This one-of-a-kind satellite can see through dense clouds and operate at night.

Would you use one in your phone though?

The use of electronic deterrents could avoid many potentially fatal shark bites.

It's like open-source software now.

This study is stretching the boundaries of life as we know it.

A rundown of the latest research on CBD as a therapy for anxiety and stress.

Listening to music stimulates the brain like many other things we find rewarding.

Scientists have discovered an underlying molecular link between venom glands in snakes and salivary glands in mammals.

Optical clocks use such high vibration oscillators that they may be used to detect gravitational waves.

Doctors thought he'd spend the rest of his life in a vegetative state. But the boy can talk, read, and...

What's the connection between a doughnut and rampant social inequality? Glad you asked...

A novel vaccine seems to stop tumors from growing in the brain.

A key molecular switch that can make ape brain organoids grow more like human organoids.

It had a massive two-foot beak that squeezed its brain.

The fabled Loch Ness Monster has always enchanted people's imagination.

A perfectly paired wine can make food taste better -- but the reverse is also true.

It's a finding well worth its salt.

Ultra-processed foods are virtually everywhere: in vending machines, fast food restaurants, and grocery stores.