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Domestic cats kill millions of birds and other mammals every year.
In experiments on rats with spinal cord injuries, the rodents improved their walking ability following treatment.
Travel restrictions significantly curbed COVID-19 transmission between countries.
A happy accident lead to a breakthrough that may prove to be revolutionary in physics and beyond.
It's the article we were hoping not to write.
On this ultra-hot gas giant, the weather report for today is cloudy, with a chance of molten iron falling from the sky.
Scientists hope to use this new information to unravel the internal structure and geological history of Mars.
Scientists are concerned about the irreversible damage done to global ecosystems.
Pneumonia symptoms improved within two days of the drug's administration.
Hazda tribespeople spend just as much time in sedentary behavior like people from the US. They prefer not to sit though, and this has positive effects for their health.
Certain brain patterns can forecast what kind of video becomes popula.
Researchers were surprised to see loggerhead turtles respond to the odor of marine plastic like it was their favorite food.
The findings suggest that astronauts can safely grow leaf vegetables in space -- or at least lettuce for now.
Humans and rats seem to share the same brain region responsible for empathetic behavior.
The incidence and severity of anxiety disorders varied greatly from breed to breed -- something that owners should be aware of in order to improve their pets' quality of life.
Nearly 1,200 individual images taken last year were pieced together to produce this epic panorama.
The technology aims to treat a rare genetic disorder that causes blindness.
A novel way of controlling prosthetic robotic hands may change people's lives for the better.
Ancestry and 23andMe, the largest DNA testing companies, have laid off staff this year after bad sales in the previous year.
Oklahoma’s economic growth rate has been one of the least in the U.S. in the past year and this has been evident in the reduction of job growth rate, increased claim to unemployment insurance, as well a drop in tax revenues. The numbers of people who try to access unemployment insurance are now about 2,000 […]
An endangered bird from New Zealand and the only alpine parrot in the world uses probabilities when taking a gamble.
Physicists have proposed a number of candidate particles to explain dark matter, but they were all hypothetical -- until now.
Self-care is more important than ever during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Drug prices have gone up a lot in the last decade, many times faster than inflation, despite the products having stayed the same.
The transatlantic slave trade was at its height between 1750 and 1850. Now, a new study analyzing the genomes of people with African ancestry has confirmed this and provides more insight.
About 3.2 billion years ago, planet Earth may have lacked continents, being covered in water.
Differences in air pressure are what drives the formation of wind. But, ultimately, the wind is caused by the Sun.
Breast milk is a baby's first food and should be the only way of feeding infants for at least the first six months of life, according to the World Health Organization.
Having and maintaining an active lifestyle is one of the joys of life. It’s both a necessary part of our physical health and a great stress reliever to help with the darker, gloomier days. When we work out and get those reps in, there is always a risk of some kind of mechanical mishap with […]
Game of Thrones reads like real life, claim scientists.
About 700,000 years ago, the common ancestors of Denisovans and Neanderthals interbred with an archaic human population.
The site also features an empty sarcophagus. However, researchers don't believe this was Romulus' final resting place.
By the end of the decade, most new drugs could be discovered by AIs.
Nanoparticles injected in the site of injury prevents immune cells from scaring the spinal the cord and damaging nerve cells.
Despite billions of dollars worth of capital flowing into digital healthcare startups, many are vulnerable to imminent collapse.
Those YouTube 12-hour binaureal loops aren't better than regular sounds at modulating mood.
Just one week of switching to a diet of burgers, waffles, milkshakes, and sugary cereals can be enough to trigger significant memory and learning impairements.
Electrically stimulating a region of the brain woke macaques even when they were under deep anesthesia.
A deepfake of the president of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party went viral on WhatsApp in the country earlier this month.
The microbes in our guts have helped our ancestors adapt to new environments.
Surgeons or astronauts could touch objects more naturally wearing gloves equipped with these sensors.
A famous Palaeolithic site in Iraq has more secrets to shed about Neanderthal daily life -- as well as their after life.
Bezos announced that the first grants will be awarded this summer.
One of the brightest stars in the night's sky is getting dimmer and changing shape.
The drug diagnosis takes less than two minutes and could prove to be a useful forensics tool in the future.
The effect was similar in magnitude to that reported for melatonin supplements -- a commonly used sleep aid.
Yet another study finds getting buzzed makes love interests more appealing than they normally would while sober.
The fossils could tell us more about the changes ancient wasps went through as they evolved into bees.
It's the first time that scientists find a dinosaur affected by this disease.
A car-sized turtle may have been the largest to have ever lived.
