An exceptionally preserved snake fossil from Brazil reveals that early snakes were far more diverse than scientists once ...

A group of brain cells called orexin neurons appears to help us keep working when reaching a reward becomes increasingly ...

Historic wildfires scorched huge areas of Spain and France, with one Spanish blaze burning an area about the size of New York ...

A simple change in posture may subtly affect how people feel and make decisions. Participants who sat upright reported greater feelings of pride and took more successful risks in a virtual balloon ...

Photons traveling through a cloud of atoms can emerge so early that they appear to have spent a negative amount of time ...

August brings four major celestial events, including a solar eclipse and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. Dark New Moon skies could make the Perseids especially impressive, while Venus will ...

A spectacular fossil site in Canada contains 567-million-year-old creatures that may represent some of the earliest animals to move, reproduce sexually, and develop recognizable body plans. The ...

Scientists have identified a molecular switch that may help explain why aging makes the brain more vulnerable to diseases ...

Vanderbilt researchers created the first selective compound designed to inhibit TAOK-1, a poorly understood protein connected ...

Weight loss is not simply a test of willpower. The human brain evolved to protect body fat during times of scarcity, and it ...

Thawing Arctic permafrost is releasing ancient carbon into the ocean, raising fears that microbes could turn it into ...

Scientists have figured out how two famously poisonous plants create chemicals with surprising medical potential. After ...