Researchers propose that the key to identifying consciousness in animals and AI lies in understanding how their information processing systems work.

Severe COVID or flu may quietly raise lung cancer risk—but vaccines appear to stop the damage before it starts.

Australia paused the use of a common berry pesticide after rising consumption increased potential exposure, especially for young children. Australia’s agricultural regulator has temporarily halted the ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that repeated training reshapes specific brain circuits in ways that may be essential for building endurance. Credit: Stock Endurance improvements from exercise ...

Scientists have uncovered surprising complexity in a tiny sensory structure found in comb jellies, some of the oldest animals on Earth.

Pregnancy is known to reshape the brain, but new research reveals that these changes do not stop after the first child.

A newly mapped form of superconductivity in uranium ditelluride emerges only under extremely strong magnetic fields, defying long-held expectations about how superconductors behave.

Scientists have uncovered the oldest known genome of the bacterium responsible for syphilis, revealing a previously unknown lineage that existed thousands of years ago in the Americas.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals new clues about a mysterious cosmic explosion that defies expectations. Researchers are investigating an unusual event in deep space that has left scientists ...

An unexpected signal in several major dairy studies suggested that people who ate more ice cream sometimes had a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, a result scientists did not expect, and still cannot ...

New high-resolution simulations reveal that stellar rotation plays a crucial role in transporting material inside red giant stars.

By keeping hungry birds away from crops and preventing their droppings from contaminating fruit, kestrels may provide farmers ...