Starting at a tender age, we learn to recognize patterns in our environment and to then modify our behavior accordingly. (My ...

Researchers have developed a low-cost visible light communication (VLC) system using commercially available hardware that ...

In recent decades, scientists have debated whether a seven-million-year-old fossil was bipedal—a trait that would make it the ...

Why does cancer sometimes recur after chemotherapy? Why do some bacteria survive antibiotic treatment? In many cases, the ...

Ancient Egyptians and Etruscans pioneered orthodontics, using delicate gold wires and catgut to straighten teeth. It’s a tale ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed ancient genomes of Human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from ...

Near the equator, the Sun hurries below the horizon in a matter of minutes. Darkness seeps from the surrounding forest.

It’s a new year, and according to a new paper, physics is headed into a new era. Over the past few years, the field of ...

American science is facing a looming collaboration crisis. Researchers around the world are deciding not to present at ...

We all love a good mineral water. All those tasty particles must be great, right? Well, let's talk about the one kind of ...

Quantum computers have made a massive splash over the past years, with quantum computing projects racking up billions of ...

People often see science as a world apart: cool, rational and untouched by persuasion or performance. In this view, ...