Hidden within cancer DNA data, researchers uncovered viruses and bacteria that may influence both diagnosis and survival.

An international team proposes replacing Hockett’s feature checklist with a model of language as a dynamic, multimodal, and socially evolving system.

New analysis of Neanderthal bones from Belgium indicates targeted cannibalism of outsiders that may signal territorial conflict before their regional disappearance.

Scientists testing a popular climate theory in Antarctica found that melting glaciers deliver far less iron to the ocean than ...

A single genetic “switch” may be the secret to how the body’s cleanup crew grows up and keeps our organs running smoothly.

Phonons are the collective vibrations that move through a solid. They can be thought of as waves traveling across the atomic ...

Today, most ethylene is made through steam cracking, a process that uses high-temperature steam to break down crude oil into ...

Natural speech timing patterns may offer a practical and sensitive way to detect early cognitive decline.

A growing body of research suggests the brain plays a central role in diabetic ketoacidosis, opening the possibility of treating type 1 diabetes in an entirely new way.

A newly discovered jellyfish galaxy, seen as it existed 8.5 billion years ago, is challenging assumptions about conditions in the early universe. Astrophysicists at the University of Waterloo have ide ...

Antibiotic resistance is rising fast, killing tens of thousands each year in the U.S. alone—and scientists are racing to find ...

Women’s heart health is heading toward a crisis, with nearly 60% projected to have cardiovascular disease by 2050.