Discover that the internet’s impact on stress is nuanced and understanding it can improve our well-being in a digital world.

Learn how ancient shell mounds reveal that coastal communities in Brazil were hunting large whales thousands of years earlier than expected.

Learn how the world’s “largest digital camera” has detected approximately 2,000 new asteroids, a collection that includes some of the fastest-spinning mini-planets known to science. 

Researchers have discovered a break that could help ease a common symptom of depression. Discover more about it. 

Researchers have found that 40 Hz auditory stimulation may help clear the brain of amyloid plaques. Read on to ​discover more about it!

Learn how researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research in London are hoping to find out what changes in diet, lifestyle, and the environment may be behind this concerning trend.

Learn how the 40-year journey of a “megaberg” is about to come to an end in the Southern Ocean’s iceberg graveyard.

Learn about the overlap between archaic humans that once lived on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and the modern humans that replaced them. 

Learn how fossil evidence shows that ceratopsians lived across Europe during the Late Cretaceous, challenging long-held assumptions about where horned dinosaurs evolved.

Learn how an endangered species that rarely has twins is caring for two newborns — and why the coming weeks matter most.

Learn more about the whale bones originally thought to be woolly mammoths' and how the hunt for the youngest mammoth continues. 

Learn why for only the first time in 25 years, NASA has decided to end an International Space Station mission early for medical evacuation.

Discover how the first mass extinction put jawed fishes on the map, species that would later come to dominate animal life on the planet.

Learn how exhaust methane from lunar spacecraft may pollute the moon, potentially contaminating molecules that are billions of years old.

Learn how a newly discovered virus disrupts its host’s nucleus in ways that echo how complex cells may have formed billions of years ago.

Learn more about the polymer film that can change color and texture when electron beams are applied. 

Learn how infected immune cells shut themselves down to stop a parasite from spreading.

Learn more about auto-brewery syndrome, a stigmatized condition barely understood — until now.

Learn how a rare group of dogs can learn object names by overhearing conversations — reaching word-learning levels seen in young children.

Learn about the Leonardo DNA Project and the diverse biological traces that survive on the surface of historical artifacts.

Do red-haired people really experience pain differently and need more anesthesia? Read on to learn what the latest research says.

Learn how precisely dated fossils from Morocco reveal a population with a mix of archaic and emerging traits, helping clarify when African and Eurasian human lineages began to diverge.

Learn how microscopic chemical traces preserved on stone tools are revealing new details about early human hunting practices.

Learn about some simple additions to your diet and sleep routine that can benefit your overall wellness this new year.