Beyond better testing, we need better protection. Physical shields seem like the obvious first defense. Hydrogen-rich materials such as polyethylene and water-absorbing hydrogels can slow charged ...

Four billion years ago, Earth was violent, hot, and unstable. Yet new research suggests that by then, life had already ...

Below the surface, Seneca Lake’s bed is a lunar landscape, with large pockmarks of unknown origin. Chloride levels are mysteriously high. And, most famously, occasional unexplained booming sounds ...

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in ...

Joe Rogan has been drooling over AI-generated music for months now, but he doesn't share the shame enthusiasm for AI podcasts.

Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? The famous question, though implausible, reflects a ...

An international collaboration study reveals how evolution and locomotion patterns, such as bipedalism, shaped bone ...

Genetic sharing among evolutionary neighbors all happens through hybrids: the offspring produced when individuals from two ...

The researchers think the pattern they observed in ants reflects a more universal trend in the evolution of societal ...

The field of cardiovascular research has long examined the relationship between high-density lipoproteins (HDL) and coronary artery disease (CAD). Numerous ...

Long before whales and sharks, enormous marine reptiles dominated the oceans with unmatched power. Scientists have ...

Repeated environmental changes can lead evolution in unexpected directions, and research from Vermont shows that studying a single population does not capture the full story of an entire species. All ...