Teaching about periods in schools is still too focused on basic biological facts, with insufficient information around how ...

A series of hide-and-seek experiments with a bonobo named Kanzi shows for the first time that apes can mentally keep track of ...

The tongue contains numerous taste buds—tiny sensory organs responsible for detecting taste. Taste buds consist of ...

In the past decade, astronomers have witnessed three interstellar objects (ISOs) passing through the solar system. These ...

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has identified a previously ...

Imagine a whirlpool spinning in a river, or a tornado swirling through the sky. They don't just spin on the spot: they travel ...

Researchers from the University of Helsinki and the Folkhälsan Research Center have identified the genetic cause of ...

In 1917, Sigmund Freud described three "narcissistic insults" that had been caused by science. These were moments of ...

Cell culture is a foundational technology widely used across fields such as pharmaceutical production, regenerative medicine, ...

Creating meaningful opportunities for students to help shape their own education isn't simply a matter of inviting them to ...

Oak gall wasps and their predators don't have the panache of butterflies, but they're attracting growing interest among both ...

In 1770, after Captain Cook's Endeavor struck the Great Barrier Reef and was held up for repairs, botanists Joseph Banks and ...