Come on, little fella – we should get going now.” But my son was not listening. The sand in the playground was just right, so ...

If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it ...

Taking its first steps toward independence under its father’s supervision, how will this chick brave the storm and evade ...

Size matters” sounds like a tabloid cliché, but for evolutionary biologists the size of the human penis is truly a puzzle. Compared to other great apes, such as chimpanzees and go ...

With its opposable thumb, multiple joints and gripping skin, human hands are often considered to be the pinnacle of dexterity, and many robotic hands are designed in their image. But having been shape ...

“Come on, little fella – we should get going now.” But my son was not listening. The sand in the playground was just right, so he kept digging with his new toy ...

(via MinuteEarth) A honeybee hive might seem like a peaceful utopia, but in reality, it’s buzzing with internal conflict between warring factions. And the biggest conflict is between the queen and the ...

Over the past ninety years, Americans have told pollsters they're increasingly willing to vote for a female candidate for ...

Astronomers have long searched for life within a rather narrow ring around a star, the ...

The universe thrums with quantum fields; and the particles of matter and force emerge as vibrational manifestations of the deep symmetries of these fields. The layers and reflecti ...

This video is about the interesting and often-misunderstood story of the asteroids, and how they lost their planet-hood status; more recently than you may think!

“Size matters” sounds like a tabloid cliché, but for evolutionary biologists the size of the human penis is truly a puzzle. Compared to other great apes, such as ...