Humans are not yet done cooking. We're continuing to evolve and adjust to the world around us, the records of our adaptations written in our bodies. We know that there are some environments that can ...

We're all awash in plastic fragments, with many of the smallest particles ranging in size from a micrometer down to a single ...

The very moment two electrical currents slam together to form a lightning bolt has been captured, revealing for the first ...

A bedtime cuddle with your partner could make a real difference to your feelings of stress and security, according to a new ...

On May 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new stance on who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Microsoft has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that beats current forecasting methods in tracking air quality, ...

The JWST has done it again. The powerful space telescope has already revealed the presence of bright galaxies only several hundred million years after the Big Bang. Now, it's sensed light from a ...

Scientists in China have developed contact lenses that let wearers see light normally invisible to the human eye.

Ever wondered why our teeth are so sensitive to pain or even just cold drinks? It might be because they first evolved for a very different purpose than chewing half a billion years ago, a study ...

A spray of perfume or a swipe of lotion could mess with highly reactive chemicals clouding your body, according to new ...

After weaning (around 6–12 weeks of age), kittens stop producing the enzyme lactase, required to digest lactose in milk. For ...

A gently lobbed baseball is easy to see. The same ball, however, can seem to vanish from the hand of a skilled pitcher, ...