The Japanese government incentivizes doctors to avoid prescribing antibiotics for certain ailments, but would the same approach work in the U.S.? When …

Neanderthals passed along a gene variant to modern humans that can make some people buff, a new study finds. Tens of thousands of years ago, …

Researchers have studied a mysterious rhythmic clanging noise produced by male sperm whales. Sperm whales make the loudest communication sound of any …

A wild cannibalistic sexual behavior in spiders has a simple genetic explanation, new study finds. A wild widow spider behavior involving a backflip …

Today (Aug. 12), a total solar eclipse will swoop across a narrow path of totality, while millions of people in North America and Europe will be …

A new celestial map not only catalogs a variety of cosmic objects but also serves as a pointer for other telescopes on Earth and in space. The largest …

A new brain-inspired device is designed to kick AI systems into gear only when they detect something unusual. Could it reduce dependence on …