When honey bees find a good source of food, they return to their hive and perform a waggle dance. It consists of a series of movements that communicate the direction and distance to nectar, pollen or ...

History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.

Scientists have developed a new imaging technique that uses a novel contrast mechanism in bioimaging to merge the strengths ...

Discover the top dangers of marijuana for teenagers, including its impact on the developing brain, cognitive function, respiratory health, and mental well- ...

A study reveals random exploration outperforms focused analysis—shedding scientific light on non-ordinary ways of knowing.

New bibliometric tool combs through scientific literature, patents, and grants to forecast future impact, but experts disagree about its usefulness ...

The prospect of heat waves without end, increasingly destructive floods, relentless drought, rapidly rising sea levels, and ...

“Many confounding factors in real life—including lifestyle, UV exposure, occupational hazards, and immune status—can ...

Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiences ...

With the exception of infectious diseases, examination of the environmental causes of illness has been piecemeal. Gary Miller, a toxicologist at Columbia University who also addressed the meeting, ...

For 30 years, Hollywood taught the world how dinosaurs sounded. Now two rare fossils are shattering that iconic roar.

Short sleepers, who make up less than one per cent of the population, spend significantly less time snoozing without any ...