In 1927, scientists began one of the strangest experiments ever created — and nearly a century later, it still isn’t over. A ...

The collection — the largest of its kind — contains more than 18,700 adverts that were posted between March 2020 and early ...

Failure is part and parcel of research, but discussing it sometimes seems to be taboo in science. It doesn’t need to be.

A series of stunning findings about great apes’ mental capabilities in recent years has transformed how we see our closest relatives ...

Scientists at UC Irvine have found a way to potentially reverse age-related vision loss by targeting the ELOVL2 “aging gene” and restoring vital fatty acids in the retina. Their experiments in mice ...

N ASA is planning a pretty neat experiment for later this year, setting deliberate fires whilst on the surface of the Moon, ...

Time already behaves strangely in modern physics. It can stretch, slow, and split depending on speed and gravity.

New research shows astronauts tend to grip objects in microgravity as if they felt as heavy as or heavier than they would on ...

Land use concerns outweigh proximity worries when it comes to local public support for new solar developments, new research ...

A new study suggests that domestic cats get bored of monotonous meals. Switching up their food—or even just nearby ...

Biologists are racing to save America’s freshwater mussels—the water-filtering keystone species that once filled the ...

Scientists can’t be everywhere all at once, as much as they’d like to. Many of the problems citizen science helps solve are concerned with spreading the net wider – or getting more helping hands on ...