The researchers were most interested in comparing how well the two groups performed a move they referred to as a “slam start” ...

In fact, their poop piles are so dense that they show up on satellite images. And the guano stains aren’t just in the spots ...

Not long ago I diagnosed myself with the recently identified condition of sidewalk rage. It’s most pronounced when it comes to a certain friend who is a slow walker. Last month, as we sashayed our way ...

The traditional Neanderthal stereotype might be that of a club-wielding caveman, but they actually had some pretty sophisticated technology. Our archaic cousins fashioned all manner of delicate ...

The quaint seaside village of Lyme Regis is precariously perched between rugged black cliffs in southwestern England. It sits astride one of the most famous fossil sites in the world. On an autumn day ...

From the age of three, the 12th Century nun, mystic, poet and composer Hildegard von Bingen had dazzling visions of shimmering points of light and falling stars, which she recorded in detail in her ...

GLP-1 medications are marvels at melting off the pounds, but once you stop taking them, the weight comes back. It’s a dynamic that’s familiar, and frustrating, to anyone who’s tried to lose weight.

Cassie Bongiovanni’s favorite way to show people just how little we know about the seafloor is to open the mapping software on her computer and strip the world map down to what we do know about the ...

Just like us, our cells can get old. But while these senescent cells stop dividing, they linger on, which is one reason they’re sometimes called “zombie cells.” Zombie cells aren’t functionally inert, ...

What has hairy feet, legs dotted with eggs, and a mouth loaded with tentacles like a Sarlacc from Star Wars? That’s how researchers from the University of British Columbia describe seven such ...

Deep in the Bavarian woods of Southeast Germany roam scores of wild boars—prized game in a country where hunting is akin to a national tradition. But most hunters would think twice before venturing ...

City pigeons have been around since Neanderthals roamed Europe. They served as a valuable food source back then, whereas now they’re decried as a messy nuisance. In fact, some cities have imposed ...