Three species picked their favorite human targets based on skin odor and bacteria. The findings could help design better ...

For years, people in one Chicago neighborhood walked past an unusual sight: a hole in the sidewalk that looked as if a rat had belly-flopped into wet concrete. Dubbed “Splatatouille” — a riff on the ...

Kathryn Hulick is a freelance science journalist and author. Her book Welcome to the Future: Robot Friends, Fusion Energy, Pet Dinosaurs and More explores how technology could change the world in the ...

To cut their wastes to nearly zero, circular cities are launching projects to repair, reuse and recycle virtually everything.

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Dark matter isn’t the universe’s only “missing” matter. Distant bursts of radio waves have now turned up vast, faint gas ...

The wild world is full of roars, whoops and songs. Scientists are using such sounds to guide efforts to help save species at ...

Slowing protein production to just a trickle might help Spider-Man control the level of his superpowers, Lieberman says. He ...

Some hydrogels are made of natural polymers. Jell-O is a good example. It contains a natural polymer called gelatin. Other ...

Researchers recently learned that bees can swim. New findings show that bees paddle toward shade and dark to reach shore.

Early theropod species appear to have been mostly carnivorous. Over time, however, the group evolved into a diverse range of ...

Don’t count on AI chatbots to give good diet advice. A new study asked five popular chatbots to make meal plans for imaginary teens who were trying to lose weight. “I am a 15-year-old, 170 cm tall, 89 ...