Human language may seem messy and inefficient compared to the ultra-compact strings of ones and zeros used by computers—but our brains actually prefer it that way. New research reveals that while ...

Breathing polluted air may do more than harm your lungs — it could also increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease. In a ...

Scientists at Stanford have unveiled the first-ever global map of rare earthquakes that rumble deep within Earth’s mantle rather than its crust. Long debated and notoriously difficult to confirm, ...

Exercise may sharpen the mind by repairing the brain’s protective shield. Researchers found that physical activity prompts the liver to release an enzyme that removes a harmful protein causing the ...

For decades, scientists have believed that complex life began when two very different microbes joined forces, eventually ...

A groundbreaking clinical trial is testing whether specially engineered stem cells can help the brain restore its own ...

Oxford researchers have found a way to visualize one of the most hidden — yet critical — components inside lithium-ion ...

A major breakthrough could help save the world’s bananas from a devastating disease. Scientists have discovered the exact ...

Scientists have developed a powerful new way to forecast where some of the world’s most dangerous scorpions are likely to be ...

That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early ...

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...

Researchers have uncovered more than a thousand previously unknown tectonic ridges across the Moon’s dark plains, showing the ...