Biology

Health

The Bizarre Connection Between Colorblindness and Picky Eating

By Isabel Gauthier and The Conversation
Health

Researchers Study Life After Death — And It Gets Weirder

By Peter A Noble, Alex Pozhitkov and The Conversation
Health

How To Solve A Murder In The Snow, According to Science

By Noemi Procopio, Lavinia Iancu and The Conversation
Health

The Real Reason Calorie Counting Doesn't Work (At All)

By Christopher Damman and The Conversation
Science

Why Did Ancient Humans Domesticate Horses? Here’s What We Do Know

By William Taylor and The Conversation
Science

Why Do We Dream? The Answer May Be Weirder Than You Think

By Anthony Bloxham and The Conversation
Health

The Inside of Your Home Has a Microbiome, Too — And It Is Crucial To Your Health

By Samuel J. White, Philippe B. Wilson and The Conversation
Science

The Science Behind Mental Imagery Hints At The Secret To Athletic Success

By Lynne Gauthier, Jiabin Shen and The Conversation
Health

Scientists Studying Aging Are Finally Zeroing In On What Actually Triggers Age-Related Diseases

By Melanie R. McReynolds and The Conversation
Science

Inside the Controversial Effort To Move This Forgotten, Mysterious Creature From It’s Native Home

By Christine Peterson and Undark
Health

Inside the Quest To Uncover the Culprit Behind A Lung Disease Brewing Near A California Lake

By Fletcher Reveley and Undark
Science

Can Brain ‘Organoids’ Become Sentient? A Neuroscientist Tries to Answer the Startling Question

By Sara Talpos and Undark
Health

Drinking Before Conception May Accelerate Aging — In the Next Generation

By Michael Golding and The Conversation
Science

There’s A Fungus Slowly Devastating Bananas Worldwide and Researchers Aren’t Sure How To Stop It

By Li-Jun Ma and The Conversation
Health

The Connection Between Diet and Mood Disorders Is Growing Stronger — Here’s What Researchers Know

By Mary Scourboutakos and The Conversation
Health

This Common Parasite May Hold The Secret To Curing Troubling Brain Diseases

By Bill Sullivan and The Conversation
Health

Designer Babies Are Here — So Why Aren't We Talking About It?

By Julia Brown and The Conversation
Health

The Microbiome’s Forgotten Cousin Could Be Key to Solving America’s Gut Issues

By Amber Dance and Knowable Magazine
Health

Cats Carry A Common Parasite That Can Cause Birth Defects — So Why Don't We Screen For It?

By The Conversation and Bill Sullivan
Health

How The Netherlands Became The Tallest Nation In The World

By Kristina Thompson, Bjorn Quanjer and The Conversation
Science

Scientists Drilled Into An Underwater Mountain In the Atlantic’s ‘Lost City’ To Obtain A Massive Core Sample

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Health

Why More Sex Testing For the Olympics Wouldn’t Solve Anything

By Jaime Schultz and The Conversation
Science

Ancient Human ‘Hobbits’ Were Even Smaller Than We Thought, Fossil Evidence Reveals

By Lauren Leffer
Health

This New Memory Study Upends What We Know About How the Brain Makes Connections

By Ines Bramao, Marius Boeltzig, Mikael Johansson and The Conversation
Health

New Research Upends Common Thoughts On Motherhood and Elite Athletic Performance

By Jenna Schulz, Jane Thornton and The Conversation
It's Alive!

Where Did Life Come From, Exactly? The Answer Is Out There

By Kiona Smith
Health

Is the Secret to Becoming An Elite Athlete Hidden In Our Guts? This Microbiome Researcher Thinks So

By Christopher Damman and The Conversation
Science

The Great Salt Lake Emitted More Than 4 Million Tons of Greenhouse Gasses In 1 Year

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

Evidence of Alien Life May Lie on the Surface of Europa and Enceladus, A New Study Reveals

By Kiona Smith
Science

What The Social Habits Of Older Animals Tell Us About Human Aging

By Tim Vernimmen and Knowable Magazine
Health

This Newly Discovered Hormone Disrupts What We Know About Women’s Bone Health

By Elana Spivack
Science

Baby Birds Born In Chernobyl Have Weird Microbiomes But Are Surprisingly Healthy

By Lauren Leffer
Science

The 3.2 Million-Year-Old Lucy Fossil Reveals A Forgotten Truth About Humans

By Stacy Keltner and The Conversation
Science

There's A Lot More To Translate In A Baby Babble Than You Might Think

By Andrew Jessop and The Conversation
Health

Yes, Processed Foods Can Make You Sick — Here's How

By Samuel J. White, Philippe B. Wilson and The Conversation
Health

Should You Train Yourself to Be A Morning Pooper? Here’s What A Gastroenterologist Says

By Vincent Ho and The Conversation
Health

Your Body Is Awash In Microplastics — Should You Be Worried?

By Michael Richardson, Meiru Wang and The Conversation
Health

The Standard American Diet Hasn't Changed Much In the Last Two Decades

By Hannah Docter-Loeb
Science

The Holy Grail Of Neanderthal Language Is Turning Out To Be An 800-Pound Gorilla

By Steven Mithen and The Conversation
Science

You Know A Lot Less About the Placenta Than You Think

By Claire Marie Porter and Undark
Science

Does Evolution Even Matter Anymore — Or Is Human Progress Just Too Fast for Biology?

By Jose Yong and The Conversation
Health

Ancient Viruses Left Their DNA In Humans — And They Could Help Trigger These Common Diseases

By Rodrigo Duarte, Douglas Nixon, Timothy Powell and The Conversation
Health

Your Mouthwash Might Actually Be Wreaking Havoc on Your Health

By Hannah Docter-Loeb
Health

The First Few Weeks of Exercise Are Often Excruciatingly Painful — Here’s What’s Actually Causing It

By Elana Spivack
Science

Biologists Still Haven’t Settled A 150-Year-Old Debate About Giraffe’s Necks

By Douglas R. Cavener and The Conversation
Science

What Self-Medicating Animals Can Teach Us About Medicine

By Adrienne Mayor and The Conversation
Health

Is Ancient Viral DNA To Blame For Depression, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder?

By Timothy Powell, Douglas Nixon, Rodrigo Duarte and The Conversation
Science

Why The "Sweet" Sound Of Cicadas Have Fascinated Humans For Millennia

By Linda Evans, Eliza Middleton and The Conversation
space

What Cicadas Can Teach Us About Living On Alien Planets

By Kiona Smith
Health

New Study Suggests Mediterranean Diet May Slow Cognitive Decline

By Elana Spivack