Science

The brain holds space for a missing limb, even years after it’s gone. For three women who underwent planned hand…

When Canada legalized cannabis in 2018, its effects on human health were all over the news. Cyntia Duval, a women’s…

It’s a late-night debate in college dorms across the world: Is my red the same as your red? Two neuroscientists…

Citations E.K. Francispillai, S.M. Dietsch and L.J. Chapman. Effects of temperature on fish aggression and the combined impact of temperature and…

The broken wings of two young pterosaurs may reveal how hundreds of their kind met their end about 150 million…

Rodents may have a rule of thumbnails. Many rodents have curved claws that help the animals climb or dig. But…

We may not be living through Earth’s sixth mass extinction event ­­— at least not yet. That’s the conclusion of…

Venice’s famous bronze statue of a winged lion, which stands atop a pedestal in St. Mark’s Square, took an intercontinental…

Scientists have gotten their closest-ever view of the denizens that inhabit a frigid underworld.  An analysis of the genetic blueprints…

McKenzie Prillaman is a science and health journalist based in Washington, DC. She holds a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from…

An antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning could come from bacteria. Mice treated with a tweaked version of a bacterial protein…

A recent bout of the common cold may be a defense against a COVID-19 infection. A study that included the…