Come on, little fella – we should get going now.” But my son was not listening. The sand in the playground was just right, so ...

If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it ...

Taking its first steps toward independence under its father’s supervision, how will this chick brave the storm and evade ...

Size matters” sounds like a tabloid cliché, but for evolutionary biologists the size of the human penis is truly a puzzle. Compared to other great apes, such as chimpanzees and go ...

With its opposable thumb, multiple joints and gripping skin, human hands are often considered to be the pinnacle of dexterity, and many robotic hands are designed in their image. But having been shape ...

(via MinuteEarth) A honeybee hive might seem like a peaceful utopia, but in reality, it’s buzzing with internal conflict between warring factions. And the biggest conflict is between the queen and the ...

Over the past ninety years, Americans have told pollsters they're increasingly willing to vote for a female candidate for ...

Physicists are biased towards seeking “beautiful,” symmetrical, and compact equations to describe the complex interactions ...

“Come on, little fella – we should get going now.” But my son was not listening. The sand in the playground was just right, so he kept digging with his new toy ...

When Feng Zhang was in his early 30s, he used a set of genes found in bacteria called CRISPR to pioneer a new kind of gene ...

Shingles vaccination not only protects against the disease but may also contribute to slower biological aging in older adults ...

Researchers at Mass General Brigham and Karolinska Institutet have identified a new method to predict asthma exacerbations ...