Researchers acknowledge that there’s no getting rid of ticks, so they are developing ways to make them less dangerous.
A new TV documentary is a tender tribute to Voyagers 1 and 2, which launched 40 years ago and were the first spacecraft to visit the outer solar system.
New analysis delves into the mystery of why medium-sized animals are speedier than bigger ones.
Today, scientists are still trying to improve steel.
New research on the 1994 Rwanda genocide overturns assumptions about why people participate in genocide. A sense of duty, not blind obedience, drives many perpetrators.
Copper for the ancient Iceman’s blade traveled about 500 kilometers to his northern Italian home region.
In mice, nerve cells in the prefrontal cortex influence whether an individual is dominant or submissive.
Clever birds may have evolved their own broad powers of apelike thinking about the future.
Scientists probe information retained by Maxwell’s demon.
Australia may have said “G’day” to humankind thousands of years earlier than previously believed.
Dog domestication may be the result of just a few genetic changes, including ones that made canines more interested in interacting with people.
For the first time in any animal, researchers elicit broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV. Cows’ antibodies could help with drug development.
Scientists found evidence of a particle that is its own antiparticle.
Jupiter-mass planets without parent solar systems are less common than astronomers thought, a new study suggests.
Certain bacteria found on the penis raise the risk of HIV infection, a new study finds.
A self-selected sample of 202 deceased football players, the largest to date, finds that the majority suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Scientists have genetically modified chrysanthemums to be “true blue” for the first time.
It turns out that thin films of copper don’t lay flat, a discovery that has implications for computers and handheld electronics.
Genetic studies reveal more secrets of the bizarre creatures known as tardigrades.
A distant object may be the first exomoon detected.
An exquisitely preserved fossil shows that an ancient armored reptile called Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi wasn’t aquatic, as scientists had suspected.
Scientists reveal a new twist on the unusual properties of spider silk.
Deep-sea tube worms can live decades longer than their shallow-water counterparts.
Global warming could force airplanes to carry a lighter load — and fewer passengers —on each flight.
