Science

Like toddlers learning to speak, young birds learn to sing by listening to the voices of adults. Now, researchers have shown for the first...

After unearthing and analyzing handwritten documentation from scientist Samuel Morton, a doctoral candidate drew a new conclusion about the infamous 19th-century collection: though Morton...

A new study based on data from the final orbits last year of NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the rings of Saturn -- some of...

One of the worst things that can happen to a cell is to end up with the wrong number of chromosomes. This can happen...

Engineers used wearable off-the-shelf technology and machine learning to predict an individual's blood pressure and provide personalized recommendations to lower it based on this...

For children born with Saul-Wilson syndrome, and their parents, much of their lives are spent searching for answers. First defined in 1990, only 14...

The quality of conversations between California mice couples after one partner has been unfaithful can help predict which mouse pairs will successfully produce a...

Some people suffer unpredictable bouts of abdominal pain and constipation. A new study in mice shows that viruses that target the nervous system can...

Early signs of type 2 diabetes can be identified more than 20 years before diagnosis, according to new research.

Venomous snakebites affect 2.5 million people, and annually cause more than 100,000 deaths and leave 400,000 individuals with permanent physical and psychological trauma each...