We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
Best practices, including checking public E. coli reports and keeping your head above water can keep you safe while swimming.
The practice of freediving is teaching physiologists how humans stretch their physical and mental limits, which in turn may improve treatments for lung and heart ailments.
An AI trained to use thermal images to detect whale body heat could help warn ships at risk of colliding with the marine mammals.
Found near Australia, Solenostomus snuffleupagus is a shaggy swimmer that closely resembles Mr. Snuffleupagus from Sesame Street.
A study of 50 crab species in Japan traces the iconic sideways walk to a single ancestor, suggesting the trait drove the group's remarkable diversity.
British chef Mike Keen will ski across Greenland eating only fermented seal. Researchers will study how the Inuit diet shapes gut health.
Female rats prefer gentler tickling, a finding that could reshape animal happiness research.
Scientists still don’t know why Andes hantavirus is the only one shown to spread from person to person.
Male primates may be larger than females partly because of pressure from rival groups, not just competition with males inside their own group.
