A small-bird species, the Japanese tit (Parus minor), uses wing movements as a gesture to convey the message “after you,” according to new research at the...
It’s one of life’s most defining moments — that crucial step in embryonic development, when an indistinct ball of cells rearranges itself into the orderly three-layered...
An international team of scientists have warned against relying on nature providing straightforward ‘early warning’ indicators of a climate disaster, as new mathematical modelling shows new...
The solar energy world is ready for a revolution. Scientists are racing to develop a new type of solar cell using materials that can convert electricity...
Imagine if every time you saw a face, it appeared distorted. Well, for those who have a very rare condition known as prosopometamorphopsia (PMO), which causes...
Scientists believe that planetary systems like our solar system contain more rocky objects than gas-rich ones. Around our sun, these include the inner planets — Mercury,...
Ground-based measuring devices and aircraft radar operated in the far northeast of Greenland show how much ice the 79° N-Glacier is losing. According to measurements conducted...
It’s no surprise that your dog can learn to sit when you say “sit” and come when called. But a study appearing March 22 in the...
Academics are proposing a new and improved way to help researchers discover when consciousness emerges in human infancy. When over the course of development do humans...
Arachnophobia can make humans flee at the sight of a brown recluse, black widow or even a daddy long legs, but animal predators of spiders know...