Category: Science

The complex biology of ghrelin, the hunger hormone, has researchers wondering how its absence helps snakes last a long time with no food, if at

Northern Japan, especially the island of Hokkaido, is home to some of the snowiest cities in the world. Sapporo, the island’s largest city and host

The earliest recorded vertebrates had four eyes to escape predators in the ancient Cambrian ocean, according to half-a-billion-year-old fossils from China that shed light on

Computer science, at its most fundamental, is all about inputs and outputs. Consider the simple case of multiplying two numbers on a pocket calculator. You

A thick layer of slippery clay on the ocean floor may have formed the weak spot that enabled a magnitude 9.1 quake to make such

Scientists have developed a new approach to formulating mineral sunscreen that could prevent it from leaving a white cast on the skin.

Subtle shifts in how users described symptoms to AI chatbots led to dramatically different, sometimes dangerous medical advice.

A 2010 astronaut photo shows off the astonishing scale of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe, which stretches over 340 miles (550 kilometers). The lengthy structure

Jets of ionized gas streak across a cosmic landscape from a newly forming star.

A researcher explores why men lose their Y chromosomes in cells as they age and the health implications associated with this loss.

Tumaco-Tolita artists were known for their intense realism in sculpting clay representations of humans.

This month’s new moon brings an annular (or “ring of fire”) solar eclipse, but it will only be visible from parts of Antarctica.