Bird songs are often described as analogs to human speech and songs, but expansive comparisons are necessary to determine ...

Many animals use the Sun compass to guide their movement, sometimes over thousands of kilometers. Consistent use of the Sun ...

Postmenstrual age is a clinical measure that combines gestational age at birth with time since birth. Thus, an infant born 14 ...

Human activities are eroding biodiversity, especially in freshwater systems. Despite major advances in quantifying species ...

OVAL applies this approach with Adapt, a sleep system that combines physiological sensing with individualized temperature ...

Few have done more to change that than cognitive scientist Tania Lombrozo, whose excellent new book, Why We Ask Why, holds a ...

In her Science Insider story “New U.S. rules on risky pathogen research draw mixed reviews” (29 July, 10.1126/science.zfz2hl6 ...

In response to my call to citizen scientists, I had received 800 hedgehog fecal samples over the past 7 months. However, I ...

They have all been elected to what may well be the brainiest parliament in the world. After a student-led opposition movement ...

Altermagnetism has been recognized as a magnetic phase that bridges the properties of ferro- and antiferromagnetism. The momentum-dependent spin splitting observed in these materials reflects their ...

Drug developers have historically sought broad “genus” patents covering millions or billions of chemical structures designed to keep competitors far away from a protected drug. This may no longer be ...

Pure math is being devastated or revolutionized, depending on your point of view.” So said Cornell professor Steven Strogatz ...