Most people trying to lose weight focus on calories, carbs, or steps. A new experiment points to something simpler, the level of processing in the food itself. Researchers compared menus made mostly ...

A 2,100-year-old tomb from southeastern Bulgaria has revealed a Thracian warrior laid to rest with a gilded silver wreath, weapons, and his horse. The burial sits in the Sakar Mountains region, where ...

In November 2024 in southern Brazil, thousands of bumblebee catfish, Rhyacoglanis paranensis, were filmed climbing waterfalls, according to a peer reviewed study. The event took place at the Sossego ...

The story begins in China, almost a million years ago, when a human-like skull, now called Yunxian 2, became buried in river soil. When scientists first uncovered it, some decades ago, excitement ...

Most people carry skin loving strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) without any trouble, and for years, those strains were treated as bystanders in skin cancer. New evidence shows that one of these ...

A team working along the Sava River in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina lifted a cluster of ancient iron bars after just two days of diving. The cache points to the late Iron Age, when La Tène ...

Fish have a getaway move that looks like misdirection: when they bolt, they shed a flurry of watery “smoke rings” that may throw a hunter off the trail. New experiments show seals can see through the ...

According to a study published in the journal Science, a new method converts mixed plastic waste into fuel with 95% efficiency.

Cells are busy places packed with molecules that jostle, react, and move. Biologists have long pictured the nucleus as the most crowded spot in that bustle, yet new measurements say otherwise. A multi ...

A small species of Japanese dogbane plant has learned a neat trick. Its flowers smell like ants that have been attacked and injured, then that odor attracts tiny flies that end up carrying its pollen ...

Inside a hive, communication happens without sound or light. Honeybees perform dances that share vital information. Among these, the waggle dance is a striking example of symbolic communication.

Snakes have always stirred both awe and fear, but the mamba holds a special place in that story. Fast, agile, and highly venomous, it is one of Africa’s most dangerous reptiles. A new study from the ...