Learn more about ALS, the disease that affected Stephen Hawking, and the advances made to find a cure.

Discover how learning more about how bats harbor viruses and infections without becoming ill could help keep humans healthy, too.

Learn more about the aha! moments that may help sudden solutions turn into long-lasting memories.

Baby KJ's bleak future is brighter as CRISPR breakthrough paves the way to treat rare genetic disorders.

Learn more about the impending Axial Seamount eruption and how the organisms around the underwater volcano may benefit from it.

Learn how Homo erectus journeyed to the Indonesian island of Java, leaving behind fossils that now provide insight on the species' life before extinction.

Synthetic substances can also sneak into food via transport, packaging, and preparation — here's what you can do for your health.

Learn how researchers combined modern tech, text, and bones to uncover details about a disabled man’s life in medieval Sweden.

The solar flares are bursts of magnetic energy and can impact power, communication, and navigation systems on Earth.

Learn more about SNAP-X — an bio-inspired gel mimicking the scent of healthy reefs to support coral reef restoration.

Learn more about the evidence piling up that cognitive problems can start earlier than we might expect.

Deep dive into the amber deposits on Hokkaido Island in Japan, which may serve as a record of ancient tsunamis.

Learn about the strongest solar storm to ever strike Earth, occurring around 14,300 years ago during the last Ice Age.

Genetic traces show that horses travelled between North America and Eurasia until warming closed a land bridge and altered the ecosystem.

The pressure and depth at which the bubbles become trapped provide more precise measurements of magma movement, and could help better predict eruptions.

Learn about SYNT-101, the emerging treatment for obesity that combines the best of two proven methods.

Learn more about the first-of-its-kind study that shows how climate change could be making a staple food more toxic to consume.

New research uncovers how two ancient hominids used their hands in unique ways for climbing, tool use, and movement.

Only two female northern white rhinos exist — learn how their genome could help bring the species back.

Learn about SYNT-101, the emerging treatment for obesity that combines the best of two proven methods.

Stressful events like a divorce or the death of a loved one can temporarily alter the shape of your heart, with sometimes fatal results.

Learn about the spit test that has shown promising results for detecting prostate cancer risk, proving to be more reliable than common blood tests.

Particles of both minerals and organic matter track the retreat of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, which melted about 20,000 years ago.

Learn more about the lineages of Australian and South American tree frogs, which separated approximately 55 million years ago at the latest, according to a new analysis of fossils.

Learn more about how one student’s question inspired the study that proves our fingers wrinkle in the same pattern every time, after being submerged in water.

Learn about a new study that uses the data from Magellan to reveal insights into Venus’ ongoing tectonic activity and how it looks a lot like early Earth.

Fossil suggests four-legged tetrapods transitioned from ocean to land 35 million years earlier than previously thought.

A closer look at our wastewater could help us stay ahead of the next viral pandemic, and keep an eye on measles outbreaks.

Scans of the Chicago Archaeopteryx show feather and bone features that worked together to create lift.

Learn about the controversial Gaia hypothesis, stating that Earth is its own living system kept in balance by organisms.

Learn more about the six breast texture patterns that could indicate your cancer risk, and how modern tech is helping make diagnoses more accurate.

By examining different materials buried along with the watercraft, experts could determine the age of the boat.

The formation of the Gondwana supercontinent also gave rise to an Antarctic range that has been covered by ice for 500 million years.

The tegu, long thought to be an invasive species, turns out to have arrived in North America about 16 million years earlier than expected.

Observing mother-offspring relationships in wild chimps offers new insights into the evolutionary roots of attachment and modern parenting.

Learn more about the gene families that play an important role in the aging and longevity of mammals, including humans.

Learn what secrets this pregnant ichthyosaur reveals from the Early Cretaceous and why this find is so important.

Learn more about the difference between bioluminescence and photoluminescence, and about the particular chemical compounds that give bandicoots (and other Australian mammals) their colorful glow.

Discover how an analysis of more than 700 objects reveals obsidian came into the Aztec capital from far and wide.

Learn how a trio of scientists do the math, based on a Stephen Hawking theory, and even ask how long it would take for a human and the moon to evaporate.