As people celebrate Pi Day this March 14, the mathematical constant continues to be part of everyday life for scientists and ...

In this essay, queer feminist writer and activist Dr. Jaime M. Grant reflects on writing Kink for Dummies and why queer lust and pleasure have always been part of LGBTQ+ resistance.

A trumpet-shaped, single-celled organism seems able to predict one thing will follow another, hinting that such associative learning emerged long before multicellular nervous systems ...

Astronomers have uncovered a hidden cosmic web of galaxies and gas by mapping hydrogen light from the early universe.

Gold and other heavy elements are born in some of the universe’s most violent events—but scientists still struggle to understand the nuclear steps that create them. Now, nuclear physicists have ...

Scientists at Arizona State University have uncovered surprising new ways bacteria move, even without their usual whip-like propellers called flagella. In one study, E. coli and salmonella were found ...

Astronomers have found that both the core of our Milky Way and the earliest proto-galaxies in the universe share a surprising ...

AI has industrialised ad fraud, creating a harsh reminder that just because something "looks legit", doesn't mean it actually ...

Have you ever wondered about the sheer joy of learning something completely unnecessary? There's something magical about discovering facts that serve ...

Submerged bees breathe and use strategies that don’t require oxygen, lab tests show. In nature, that trick could help the ...

Volunteers in villages are trained to promote health care initiatives for children under 5, and identify and manage illnesses ...

A campaigner says she is calling for female manikins to be mandatory in CPR and defibrillator training because she does not ...