Biology

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

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

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

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

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

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

You Know A Lot Less About the Placenta Than You Think

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

Your Mouthwash Might Actually Be Wreaking Havoc on Your Health

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?

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

What Cicadas Can Teach Us About Living On Alien Planets

New Study Suggests Mediterranean Diet May Slow Cognitive Decline

Cicadas Don’t Hibernate Underground for Years — It’s a Lot Weirder Than That