The eyes are relics form their evolutionary past.

This ancient symbol has a surprising origin story.

Who had sperm bots on their bingo card for this year?

It's one of the most curious behaviors we've ever observed.

It seems "almost unimaginable," researchers say.

We all know how ending vaccine mandates will end.

Deep sea creatures are remarkably well adapted to their hellish environment. So why do we parade them as bizarre and...

In a promising new study, modified young immune cells improved brain performance in older mice.

Only 37% of US states require sex ed to be medically accurate.

We've been living a lie.

AI models are coming to the internet, whether you like it or not.

Norman descendants are still doing very fine in today's Britain.

This study is putting forward an alternative to our notoriously hard to recycle circuit boards.

Severe volcanic eruptions may have set the stage for several revolutions.

The race for space internet is colliding with humanity’s oldest science.

Soda tabs, zippers, and plastic waste are turning into rock before our eyes.

What happens when humanity’s oldest symbol of security—the lock—meets the Internet of Things?

There seems to be a concerning link between patient complaints and industry payouts.

A 32-gram robot turns one of nature’s tricks into a long flight.

After Mount Vesuvius erupted, the famous city of Pompeii didn't remain a ghost town for as long as we thought.

Every year's worth of heatwaves could add about two weeks of aging to your body

From carved figurines to coins, skeletons, and even entire settlements, the railway has opened up a new golden age of...

It's not you, it's them.

We still know very little about our oceans. Can jellyfish change that?

Image credits: Bark. We've all faced the feeling at some point. When the afternoon slump hits, your focus drifts and...

Ancient times weren't peaceful by any means.

You could have a little radioactive shrimp as a treat. (Don't eat any more!)

Diplomats from 184 nations packed their bags with no deal and no clear path forward.

They have a club and you're not invited.

These beautiful and unique cats have similarly unique DNA.

Evolution was trying things out.

Their faces were lost to the world. Now, science has brought them back.

Welcome to the new frontier of house hunting: AI-generated real estate photos.

You pay a subscription for Netflix, how about your car?

Voyeurism is the last thing we need in sports

The drought is real. But deleting your selfies won't fill the reservoirs.

The human papilloma virus (HPV) can cause nasty cancers. A vaccine is destroying it.

The marriage of cutting-edge technology with traditional pastimes often stirs excitement -- but "drone fishing" was not on our bingo...

Swipe, match, regret?

Archaeologists have finally proven that Romans used black henbane. But how did they use it?

The Herring Lassies of Scotland worked, travelled and left a unique mark on the history of working women.

The U.S. economy is flashing a troubling mix of signals.

It's the kind of stuff AI can be really useful at.

On a hot August night, jellyfish jammed a nuclear giant.

Robots can play music while we work our menial jobs.

This find from the deep ocean could prove to be a boon for multiple areas of health research.

Eliminating funds or scaling down the operations of Earth-observing satellites could be catastrophic.

They didn’t run away from us. It killed them in the end.

There were big flaws in how we estimated floods in coastal communities.

Can we trust systems we don’t fully understand?