Humans are the smartest creatures on the planet and we’re by far the best at solving all sorts of cognitive tasks. Or are we?

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

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

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 ancient Romans had a profound relationship with wine. It was not just a beverage for them but an essential part of daily ...

But zoom in a bit more and those specs become goats standing on the seemingly vertical construction. So what’s happening?!

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

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 ...

Reuniting as mates, they’ve not only adapted to the wild but sparked new hope for the survival of Amur tigers.

Greensboro. He has authored twelve books and more than 180 academic articles, which have been translated into Arabic, Chinese ...

We all know (hopefully) that warming temperatures is driving ice loss. But seeing it makes it all the more disturbing. Don't ...