Red algae use structural color not just for looks but for protection. Reflective structures signal potential toxicity, ...

Contemplating artistic beauty in museums can enhance abstract thinking and help people mentally step back from daily concerns ...

University of Bath researchers found that mammals with larger brains and more immune-related genes live longer.

Scientists have discovered the elusive properties hidden within promethium, a rare earth element that has remained largely ...

New study finds dinosaurs weren’t declining before asteroid impact; a biased fossil record misled decades of paleontology.

Farming has caused a 44% decline in insect species and a 30% loss in evolutionary diversity, according to a JMU study.

Glaciers worldwide are archives of human pollution, preserving carbon from fossil fuels and wildfires in their ice for ...

A new study links 15,000 U.S. deaths to wildfire smoke made worse by climate change, with billions in economic costs.

Physicist Melvin Vopson proposes gravity might emerge from cosmic information processing, hinting the universe runs on a ...

Bees prefer yellow over red, pushing some wildflowers to evolve new colors - and start a surprising evolutionary change.

Genetically enhanced crops with bigger root systems help to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it underground.

New Finnish research reveals mothers who ate avocados during pregnancy reduced their babies' food allergy risk by 43.6%.