Learn more about how too much screen time impacts a child's neurodevelopment and how cutting back can be beneficial for learning.

Learn about the escalating threat of volcanoes in Iceland and how a new warning system is helping to inform the public when eruptions will occur.

Though it may be a small percent, learn how some shark bites occur as a self-defense mechanism against human aggression.

Although only tested in rats thus far, the polymer-based treatment could repair tissue that are impacted in a variety of diseases.

Learn more about the bone collector, a cannibalistic, carnivorous caterpillar seen for the first time in over six million years.

Discover how inhalation of Mars' toxic dust can cause lung diseases like those seen in miners.

Learn what happens in the body and brain when your mind blanks out — a distinct, diverse experience that differs from mind wandering.

Learn why carbon-containing meteorites appear to be less "shocked" than expected, missing the effects often seen in a meteorite impact.

Learn more about female bonobo coalitions and how they team up to keep male bonobos in line.

Learn how physicists were able to send quantum signals through fiber optic telecom system.

Bad gut bugs in kids may play a role in the rise of colorectal cancer at younger ages.

Learn how a new instrument will increase the telescope’s ability to spot sunspots in unprecedented detail.

The hell ant shows how insect species evolved, adapted, and spread throughout the ancient world.

Learn how the deeply intelligent killer whale learns to communicate by listening.

Learn how a computer simulation demonstrates that tectonic activity may be less slow and steady than previously thought.

Learn why lung cancer led the drop in cancer mortality rates, but cancer forms related to obesity continue to rise.

Learn about the significance of tardigrades being tattooed, a process that could lay the foundation for microscopic, biocompatible devices.

Learn more about how shifting biodiversity has resulted in a surprising evolutionary change for rattlesnake venom.

Unlike massive mammals, mega marsupials 300,000 years ago limited their dining options by keeping close to home.

Learn how forensic evidence confirms that gladiator and lion combat did occur, and why experts think these fights didn't just occur in Rome.

Chimps' enjoyment of and willingness to share alcohol-infused fruit hints at possible ancient roots of social drinking.

Learn how the bonds between humans and dogs resemble the bonds between humans and humans, with some of the former being stronger than the latter.

Learn about new evidence that suggests life on Earth may have started with the help of molecules that were delivered by comets and asteroids.

Learn more about Olo, a new color that researchers at UC-Berkeley may have just discovered.

However, more work on just how these compounds rewire the brain will be necessary before they become viable treatments for humans.

Learn why the planet, BD+05 4868 Ab, is only the fourth such discovered and will disappear in one to two million years.

Healers have treated their patients with silk throughout history. Now they're harnessing its strength, biocompatibility, and biodegradability in innovative new ways.

With aircraft increasingly targeted by GPS jammers, the search for new ways to navigate is hotting up.

Learn more about the benefits and risks of L-tyrosine supplements, the “over-the-counter Adderall.”

The rare sighting of a living juvenile colossal squid has scientists stunned and thrilled.

Learn about the role of olfaction in friendship, which indicates that finding a friend is, at least in some sense, related to smell.

The young used to report high happiness levels that declined into middle age before increasing into and throughout retirement. Now those levels are changing.

Learn more about the uptick in psilocybin use, particularly in younger and older adults in the U.S.

Learn how the brain operates differently in a variety of states of consciousness, which could provide a variety of therapeutic benefits.

Discover more ways to keep your body and mind healthy and strong against dementia.

Learn why some dinosaurs had air sacs in their vertebrae and how it relates to modern day birds.

Learn more about who Suni Williams is and what her contributions have looked like throughout her career in space.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will have to recover from their time in space. Learn more about what happens to the human body when they live in microgravity for months.

Learn more about Thorin the Neanderthal, one of the last remaining specimens of ancient humans to be found in Eurasia.

Learn more about the Middle Island Sinkhole, an under water sinkhole with no oxygen.