At night in the forests of East Asia, fireflies glow to attract mates. But sometimes their signals are hijacked. Sheet web spiders have been caught turning these insects into unwilling accomplices, ...

The race for space internet is colliding with humanity’s oldest science.

Some patterns also emerged: male physicians were nearly twice as likely as female physicians to receive large payments. And ...

On a humid morning in Fukuoka, a coastal city in southern Japan, a new kind of power came online. Japan has launched Asia’s ...

Waves of quadcopters crashed out of the sky in Indiana earlier this week during a military demonstration. Their sudden, synchronized collapse wasn’t the result of missiles or shrapnel. It came from an ...

The researchers carefully compared the newly discovered teeth with known specimens of Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy’s species) and early Homo. They found that these teeth belonged to both early ...

In 48 higher-income countries—including the United States, Brazil, and much of Europe—beef consumption exceeds healthy dietary levels. If people in those nations reduced their beef intake to the ...

A new study from researchers at the University of Amsterdam suggests exactly that. In a surprising experiment, the study authors built a stripped-down social media platform populated entirely by AI ...

“Our study reveals a new specimen of the ankylosaur Spicomellus afer, which is the oldest known ankylosaur in the fossil ...

Research clearly shows that men are more aggressive than women. Men commit more homicides, start more fights in school, and ...

A 32-gram robot turns one of nature’s tricks into a long flight.

On a warm evening, a freshly poured beer can look perfect, topped with a thick cap of foam. Yet that foam, known as ‘head’ ...