Researchers discover simultaneous evolutionary history of gut microbes with their human hosts over hundreds of thousands of years
Mechanisms of transition from male/female sexual system to hermaphroditism in brown algae uncovered
Use of ambiguous visual stimuli to disambiguate the neural correlates of consciousness
Many fear radiation without much understanding of what ionizing radiation is, how it works and what the actual risk is. This lack of knowledge and public perception combine to make people fearful of all things nuclear, which has had serious consequences.
Novel approach for determining timescales might pave way for new insights in neuroscience
Proteins have numerous functions in the human body.
The bacteria that reside in the human gut, otherwise known as “the gut microbiome,” are known to play both beneficial and harmful roles in human health.
Citizen scientists recorded trash on Pacific Northwest beaches, from southern Oregon to Anacortes, Washington, to contribute to the growing study of marine trash.
As glaciers worldwide retreat due to climate change, managers of national parks need to know what’s on the horizon to prepare for the future.
Record-breaking heat waves have occurred recently from Delhi to the Pacific Northwest, and the number of these deadly events is expected to increase.
White-necked jacobin hummingbirds sport a colorful blue-and-white plumage as juveniles.
Since the sequencing of the human genome in 2001, all our genes – around 20,000 in total – have been identified.
Newly discovered editing rule may be exploited to correct genetic defects
Chronic diseases often lead to fibrosis, a condition in which organ tissue suffers from excessive scarring.
A radical decentralisation of politics and decision-making in Iran is needed to allow Kurdish communities to benefit from natural resources, experts have argued.
Honeybees rely heavily on flower patterns – not just colours – when searching for food, new research shows.
Efforts to activate "positive tipping points" to tackle the climate crisis have been boosted by a £1 million (US$1.15m) grant from the Bezos Earth Fund.
Scientists have used centuries-old clam shells to see how the North Atlantic climate system reached a "tipping point" before the Little Ice Age.
Multiple climate tipping points could be triggered if global temperature rises beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, according to a major new analysis published in the journal Science.
Adversarial training makes it harder to fool the networks