In the 1v1 challenge, humans outperformed ants. Single human participants employed their spatial reasoning to navigate the ...

The researchers led by Dr. Eleanor Raffan zoomed in on the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) gene, which plays a crucial role in ...

The analysis of these age-old dolia reveals that Roman wine was likely a far cry from the varieties we’re accustomed to today ...

Some space images have become timeless icons of our exploration of the cosmos. Take the famous photo of the Pillars of ...

Many known languages, for example, have no words for numerals above 2 or 3. A linguist who curated a database of the world’s ...

Two new studies have revealed why some cats are orange – an enduring enigma of genetics, until now.

They say you can identify the leopard by its spots, but as it turns out, you can also identify it through its unique roar. Leopards, notoriously difficult to monitor due to their elusive nature, could ...

The Yule Cat (or Christmas Cat) is a fearsome feline from Icelandic folklore. According to legend, the Yule Cat prowls the ...

The revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope and next-gen radio telescopes are probing what’s known as the epoch of reionization. It holds clues to the first stars and galaxies, and perhaps the nature ...

Present-Day Plate Boundaries: This model improves upon existing models, incorporating attributes from geophysical, ...

From the air we breathe to the water we drink, microplastics infiltrate every corner of our lives—but what happens when they ...

With the holiday season in full swing, everyone’s stockpiling their favorite seasonal snacks – and maybe even indulging a ...