The Iñupiat people of Alaska have long said that bowhead whales live two human lifetimes. That oral knowledge turned out to ...

A Gulf of Maine field experiment shows that adding sodium hydroxide to seawater can pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere within days.

Two-year-olds already have a surprisingly good sense of when it is someone's turn to speak. This is shown by new research conducted by linguist Imme Lammertink from the Baby & Child Research Centre at ...

A new UCLA Health study suggests that long-term exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos may dramatically raise the risk of Parkinson’s disease. Researchers found that people living in areas with ...

How the YF-12 set Mach 3 records and powered NASA research that shaped the SR-71 and future supersonic aircraft.

Livestock breeders could soon have more tools to improve the health and quality of their animals, thanks to a recent study that sheds new light on regulatory elements in the sheep genome.

The genomes of phages—viruses that infect bacteria—are largely composed of "dark matter": genes that encode proteins whose functions remain unknown. Less than four years ago, a team led by Prof. Rotem ...

Oldest whale recording from 1949 reveals secrets of humpback communication and the quieter oceans of the past.

Around 200 million animals are used in lab research around the world each year. Organoids may one day replace them.

Researchers experimentally confirm their 2021 hypothesis that electron-phonon coupling, not electron-electron interactions, ...

A non-intoxicating compound in cannabis could offer a breakthrough treatment for alcohol use disorder. New research shows CBD ...

Long-term exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos was associated with more than a 2.5-fold higher risk of Parkinson’s disease. The study combined hu ...