Meet the people paid to rouse the workers of industrial Britain.
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The list includes eleven species of birds, eight species of freshwater mussels, two fish, a bat, and a plant from the mint family.
A food fight may finally be put to rest.
This new geologic activity could be part of a thousand-year cycle, ushering in a new era of volcanism on the island.
Baby mice can regenerate damaged hair cells — and now that we know how they do it, maybe we can, too.
Scientists don’t understand why the correlation exists.
Inspired by the shape of a New Caledonian crow’s beak, researchers created a new 3D-printed prototype of tweezers.
Archaeologists have identified what may be Europe’s oldest human-made megastructure.
Roughly half the world population, including in America, has insufficient levels of vitamin D. UV irradiated mushrooms can help.
Where the prime meridian meets the equator, a non-existent island captures our imagination — and our non-geocoded data.
In all mammals, there are two brain pathways for processing information from the eyes: an evolutionarily ancient one and a more modern one.
Disgusting behavior is often crucial to survival.
Raw food, paleo, gluten-free, detox, and ketogenic: All of these diet fads withered when subjected to scientific scrutiny.
To date, only one research vessel has ever encountered a milky sea.
More than a third of Americans don’t get enough sleep. Diet is an important, under-recognized culprit.
The Uros of Lake Titicaca live on floating islands made from reeds. How did they get there?
A marine reptile fossil from Svalbard challenges ideas about evolution and Earth’s greatest mass extinction.
Let’s hope that squid don’t evolve lungs and legs, or humanity might be in real trouble.
Three out of four Russians accused of witchcraft were men.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a medieval airship!
Perhaps we should be searching for “other Mercurys” rather than “other Earths.”
Most male mammals have little or nothing to do with their kids. Why is our own species different?
A school lesson leads to more precise measurements of the extinct megalodon shark, one of the largest fish ever.
People discovered prehistoric fossils long before Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species.” The remains of these unknown creatures often puzzled their discoverers.
The way that the ancient Megalodon adapted to water temperature has important implications for modern marine creatures.
For people with hard-to-treat depression, a non-invasive technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can provide relief.
In an attempt to prove Christianity inferior to communism, a Soviet scientist hoped to play God.
Starling flocks, schools of fish, and clouds of insects all agree.
Since our arrival, humans have driven a seven-fold drop in the mass of wild land mammals.