Category: Science

Mental health professionals recognize problematic gambling as an addiction. Should the same apply to excessive gaming, compulsive sexual behavior and problematic social media use?

A new analysis of archaeological layers at Monte Verde in Chile suggests that people lived there 4,200 years ago, not 14,500 years ago as originally

Autism experts plan to convene in Washington Thursday to propose a research agenda at odds with the one endorsed by the Trump Administration. (Image credit:

The first Americans came over during the last ice age, but how much do you know about them?

Divers investigating a shipwrecked brig once owned by Lord Elgin have discovered an overlooked piece of marble from the Acropolis in Athens.

JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA, suggesting these ingredients of life may be common

A fridge-size space rock spectacularly broke apart over Ohio at 40,000 mph, creating a loud boom and a “fireball” that shone in the bright blue

Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old lead bullet in the Holy Land with a darkly sarcastic inscription in Greek.

In the book “The Call of the Honeyguide,” applied ecologist Rob Dunn explores mutually beneficial relationships between different species. But Dunn argues the relationship between

Vegetation draws on groundwater during dry summers, leaving less water for the river and, ultimately, people.

Salganea taiwanensis, a kind of wood-feeding cockroach, may engage in what’s known as pair bonding, a new study finds. (Image credit: Haruka Osaki)

Seemingly random charging of identical materials depends on the carbonaceous molecules stuck to their surfaces

NASA’s Artemis II mission is sending humans back to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era. Here are the reasons why the

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