Scientists created half-Möbius molecules, similar to the Möbius strips common in math classes, but half as twisty. It’s a type of topology, or geometrical structure, that is new to molecules, ...

As koalas in southern Australia have grown from a few hundred to almost half a million, the marsupials show signs of regaining lost genetic variation.

Homegrown chickpeas could be on the menu for future astronauts. With help from compost and symbiotic fungi, chickpea plants grow and produce seeds in simulated lunar dirt, researchers report March 5 ...

A new study proposes that a crash between Titan and another moon spawned Hyperion and, much later, destabilized Saturn’s ...

The wood-feeding cockroach’s cannibalistic love bites lead to a lasting bond. Afterward, the pair prefer each other over all ...

Lucid dreamers who heard puzzle-linked soundtracks while sleeping were more likely to solve those unsolved problems the next ...

MRI scans of over 600 Finnish adults found that nearly all had frayed, torn or otherwise abnormal rotator cuffs — yet most ...

Kids with math learning disabilities process number symbols differently than quantities shown as dots — and it shows up in ...

A widely used method to calculate sea level rise may have missed up to a century of change, so the risks could hit home for millions sooner than thought.

A new digital reconstruction of the face of an early Australopithecus specimen helps add details about the origins of our own ...

Life needs nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus. But without the right balance of oxygen, these elements get locked away in planets’ cores.

Suitable milkweed habitat in Mexico may shift south, fracturing existing migration routes and possibly pushing some ...