A group of scientists studying pregnancy across six different mammals—from humans to marsupials—uncovered how certain cells at the mother-baby boundary have been working together for over 100 million ...

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Emerging ‘co-scientist’ systems use teams of chatbots to mimic the deliberations of a research group. Do they really help?

Long-standing questions about the migration of early modern humans in East Asia may finally be answered, thanks to a rare and ...

Could common viruses silently influence your brain health? Discover what new research reveals about herpes and dementia.

Imagine the magnificent glaciers of Greenland, the eternal snow of the Tibetan high mountains, and the permanently ice-cold ...

New research reveals how early-life blurry, low-color vision may help shape the brain’s visual pathways into specialized ...

While it’s generally believed that Amelia’s aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean, some researchers believe they have ...

In the frozen reaches of the planet—glaciers, mountaintops, and icy groundwater—scientists have uncovered strange ...

We don't know exactly why men are taller than women on average, but we have some genetic clues. On average, human males tend ...

Incoming information from the retina is channeled into two pathways in the brain's visual system: one that's responsible for ...

The nature of consciousness has long intrigued philosophers, scientists, and the general public alike. It raises profound ...