Researchers have identified "DNA switches" that become active as honeybee larvae grow into worker bees, offering new insight ...

An echidna in Tasmania looks very different from one in Western Australia. But the differences run much deeper than ...

White barn owls are effective killing machines. They fly silently through the night air and swoop down on unsuspecting prey with their sharp talons. But they have something you would think goes ...

Deforestation is a major problem across Africa. It is widely recognized that deforestation harms biodiversity, but tree loss also harms dietary quality, as nutritious fruits, nuts, seeds and leaves ...

Vegetarians need not worry yet—plants will be on Earth for a long time to come. But not forever. The sun will ultimately ...

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have used a classic optical phenomenon known as the Poisson spot to create stable patterns of light called optical skyrmions, ...

Dark matter is often portrayed as a cosmic loner, interacting with itself and the rest of the universe only through gravity. But what if dark matter particles also exert a hidden force on one another?

A "superpowered" fungus engineered at The University of Queensland could be used to extract critical minerals from toxic ...

When and where the next large earthquake will strike remains one of the most difficult questions in geoscience. Researchers from the GFZ Helmholtz Center for Geosciences led by Dr. Sadegh Karimpouli ...

Modern physics theories highlight the key role of horizons—boundaries beyond which information cannot reach an observer—in a variety of cosmological and gravitational phenomena. Two renowned examples ...

If public companies are increasingly focused on meeting quarterly earnings expectations, what happens to the innovations that ...

A global review of kelp conservation efforts has found the strongest restoration programs are built on unlikely partnerships ...