Biology
The Bizarre Connection Between Colorblindness and Picky Eating
Researchers Study Life After Death — And It Gets Weirder
How To Solve A Murder In The Snow, According to Science
The Real Reason Calorie Counting Doesn't Work (At All)
Why Did Ancient Humans Domesticate Horses? Here’s What We Do Know
Why Do We Dream? The Answer May Be Weirder Than You Think
The Inside of Your Home Has a Microbiome, Too — And It Is Crucial To Your Health
The Science Behind Mental Imagery Hints At The Secret To Athletic Success
Scientists Studying Aging Are Finally Zeroing In On What Actually Triggers Age-Related Diseases
Inside the Controversial Effort To Move This Forgotten, Mysterious Creature From It’s Native Home
Inside the Quest To Uncover the Culprit Behind A Lung Disease Brewing Near A California Lake
Can Brain ‘Organoids’ Become Sentient? A Neuroscientist Tries to Answer the Startling Question
Drinking Before Conception May Accelerate Aging — In the Next Generation
There’s A Fungus Slowly Devastating Bananas Worldwide and Researchers Aren’t Sure How To Stop It
The Connection Between Diet and Mood Disorders Is Growing Stronger — Here’s What Researchers Know
This Common Parasite May Hold The Secret To Curing Troubling Brain Diseases
Designer Babies Are Here — So Why Aren't We Talking About It?
The Microbiome’s Forgotten Cousin Could Be Key to Solving America’s Gut Issues
Cats Carry A Common Parasite That Can Cause Birth Defects — So Why Don't We Screen For It?
How The Netherlands Became The Tallest Nation In The World
Scientists Drilled Into An Underwater Mountain In the Atlantic’s ‘Lost City’ To Obtain A Massive Core Sample
Why More Sex Testing For the Olympics Wouldn’t Solve Anything
Ancient Human ‘Hobbits’ Were Even Smaller Than We Thought, Fossil Evidence Reveals
This New Memory Study Upends What We Know About How the Brain Makes Connections
New Research Upends Common Thoughts On Motherhood and Elite Athletic Performance
Is the Secret to Becoming An Elite Athlete Hidden In Our Guts? This Microbiome Researcher Thinks So
The Great Salt Lake Emitted More Than 4 Million Tons of Greenhouse Gasses In 1 Year
Evidence of Alien Life May Lie on the Surface of Europa and Enceladus, A New Study Reveals
What The Social Habits Of Older Animals Tell Us About Human Aging
Baby Birds Born In Chernobyl Have Weird Microbiomes But Are Surprisingly Healthy
The 3.2 Million-Year-Old Lucy Fossil Reveals A Forgotten Truth About Humans
There's A Lot More To Translate In A Baby Babble Than You Might Think
Yes, Processed Foods Can Make You Sick — Here's How
Should You Train Yourself to Be A Morning Pooper? Here’s What A Gastroenterologist Says
Your Body Is Awash In Microplastics — Should You Be Worried?
The Holy Grail Of Neanderthal Language Is Turning Out To Be An 800-Pound Gorilla
Does Evolution Even Matter Anymore — Or Is Human Progress Just Too Fast for Biology?
Ancient Viruses Left Their DNA In Humans — And They Could Help Trigger These Common Diseases
The First Few Weeks of Exercise Are Often Excruciatingly Painful — Here’s What’s Actually Causing It
Biologists Still Haven’t Settled A 150-Year-Old Debate About Giraffe’s Necks
What Self-Medicating Animals Can Teach Us About Medicine
Is Ancient Viral DNA To Blame For Depression, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder?