How does rapid burial work? New insights from experiments with echinoderms. Burial is a critical factor in the preservation of most fossils, keeping scavengers away and preventing the disarticulation ...

It's no secret that "reality TV" is oftentimes anything but. Just ask the cast of Laguna Beach and The Hills about the amount of producing and manufacturing of storylines that went into the creation ...

It’s no secret that ideology is one of the factors that influences which evidence people will accept. But it was a bit of a surprise that ideology could dominate decision-making in the face of a ...

The retina is often referred to as an "outpost of the brain"—after all, important steps in visual signal processing do not take place in the cerebrum, but in the nerve cells in the eye. When light ...

Artificial intelligence has proven effective at identifying security vulnerabilities, but early tests indicate it won’t be able to replace humans for a while. While artificial intelligence (AI) has ...