Scientists wondered whether Kanzi had the capacity to play pretend – that is, act like something is real while knowing it's ...

Baby long-necked dinosaurs might have been the fast food of the Jurassic Period. A detailed food web of the time, ...

While we have sent probes billions of kilometers into interstellar space, humans have barely scratched the surface of our own ...

It's easy to feel powerless against cancer, but a new study has identified several ways that we can reduce the odds of it ...

A common bacterium usually found in the respiratory system appears to be linked to cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease ...

In geology terms, a clast is just a word for a small rock fragment stuck inside a bigger rock. Finding clasts isn't ...

Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, ...

Physical abilities fade as we age, but many of us like to think that won't be an issue until we're well into our golden years ...

A microscopic clump of sodium has become the largest object ever to be observed as a wave, improving upon previous records by thousands of atoms.

A new kind of pill sharply reduced artery-clogging cholesterol in people who remain at high risk of heart attacks despite ...

Yawning has an unusual and unexpected effect on the flow of fluid protecting the brain, a recent study reveals, though it's ...

For more than a century, the Green River's course through the Uinta Mountains in Utah's northeast has been a geological ...