The skin on animals’ paws is versatile, providing traction on a variety of surfaces while also supporting a creature’s weight ...

Researchers are alarmed that the move might upend a long-standing tradition of peer-review for grants.

Report authors welcome ‘serious’ scientific rebuttals to report that some say misrepresents decades of climate science.

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New approach finds ‘parent-of-origin’ effects in more than a dozen genes — without the need for parental data.

Ice coverage is shrinking on Heard Island — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a haven of biodiversity. Over the course of more ...

A smudge of light spotted by the James Webb telescope near Alpha Centauri A could be the planet with the tightest orbit ever ...

Most people can get enough protein from food, but certain groups can benefit from protein powders and related products.

In further experiments using the mice, those with lithium-deficient brains developed more plaques than did animals with ...

Colossal’s bold announcements have drawn criticism from many scientists, but the billion-dollar firm is not backing down.

One version of the gpt-oss large language model can run on a laptop, and performs nearly as well as the company’s most ...

Eating ultra-processed foods might hinder attempts to lose weight even when the diet accords with national healthy-eating ...