Scientists have uncovered an unexpected function for a crucial protein involved in cell division. Reported in two consecutive publications, the finding challenges long-accepted models and standard ...

Despite cultural exchange and natural disasters, this lineage—the oldest evidence for which is a collection of 8,500-year-old ...

Because of different types of sensory nerve endings in our fingertips, we are amazingly good at sensing hidden objects in ...

Seeing these brain “neighborhoods” could help to cure disorders like Alzheimer’s. One day they may help explain where ...

Scientists have unveiled a novel time crystal exhibiting a structured yet non-repeating temporal pattern, a departure from ...

For 60 years, HSL was known for releasing energy from fat, but people born without it lose fat instead of gaining weight—a mystery that Prof. Langin and colleagues have now solved. After six decades ...

Experts recommend speaking to a doctor before changing medication routines. A new study suggests metformin, one of the most ...

TheJinlin crater, an enormous 900 meters across, is the largest known impact site from the Holocene, Earth’s current geological epoch. Remarkably well-preserved and hidden deep within weathered ...

Scientists have found the world's largest spider web, which is home to 512 species of spider, in a rare, first-of-its-kind discovery in an underground cave.

Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown species of extinct shark deep within the labyrinth of Mammoth Cave in Kentucky ...

“I was super excited to find it,” said Kit Prendergast, a native bee scientist who discovered the insect in 2019 as she ...