Three species picked their favorite human targets based on skin odor and bacteria. The findings could help design better ...

To cut their wastes to nearly zero, circular cities are launching projects to repair, reuse and recycle virtually everything.

Slowing protein production to just a trickle might help Spider-Man control the level of his superpowers, Lieberman says. He ...

Top prizes went for an icy window into the cosmos, a light switch for the brain and solving the mystery of mirror image ...

The wild world is full of roars, whoops and songs. Scientists are using such sounds to guide efforts to help save species at ...

Dark matter isn’t the universe’s only “missing” matter. Distant bursts of radio waves have now turned up vast, faint gas ...

Researchers recently learned that bees can swim. New findings show that bees paddle toward shade and dark to reach shore.

Some hydrogels are made of natural polymers. Jell-O is a good example. It contains a natural polymer called gelatin. Other ...

Early theropod species appear to have been mostly carnivorous. Over time, however, the group evolved into a diverse range of ...

When water droplets take on an electric charge, rain can become corrosive and start to eat through bridges, cars and more, ...

Blood Falls is a five-story waterfall that flows out of Taylor Glacier in Antarctica. The water comes from a salty lake beneath the glacier that’s rich in iron. When the water reaches the glacier’s ...