Researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and Tufts University have engineered tiny living constructs from frog embryo cells that spontaneously develop functional nervous systems, a ...

Researchers have found that birch tar produced using methods available to Neanderthals carries measurable antibacterial properties, raising the possibility that this sticky substance served a dual ...

Neanderthals likely used the sticky substance to build and repair tools, but it also may have had another important use. With its antibiotic properties, birch tar could also treat wounds. The findings ...

Imagine you’re at a tea party with a bonobo. What kind of tea are you serving? Are there cakes? What is the bonobo wearing?

Breakthrough ideas often appear when you least expect them—but studies show there’s more than one way to trigger a “eureka” moment.

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment. For decades, animals like mice, rats and pigs have been essential tools in ...

At a potluck, you ate the best chocolate chip cookie—golden-brown, thick and chewy. Unfortunately, you don't know who made the cookie to get the recipe from, so you decide to recreate it. Using ...

Livestock breeders could soon have more tools to improve the health and quality of their animals, thanks to a recent study ...

Following the early departure of Crew-11 in mid-January due to a medical concern, the International Space Station began February with a crew of just three. Two cosmonauts, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and ...

A new study reveals that AI writing assistants are subtly shifting how humans think, and we are powerless to resist it—even when we're warned.

ChatGPT has introduced interactive visual explanations to help users understand maths and science concepts more easily. The feature allows learners to manipulate variables, formulas and graphs in real ...

Can artificial intelligence offer meaningful relationship advice, or do human therapists still provide something machines ...