When attacked by a predator, the reptiles can play dead with convincing detail, employing blood and feces for the show
Researchers used artificial intelligence to spot patterns in recordings of the marine mammals' vocalizations, uncovering the "building blocks of whale language"
How we process time is linked to things we see, according to a new study, which found memorable, non-cluttered imagery can make moments seem to last longer
The research focused on a variant called APOE4 and largely looked at people of European ancestry—risk levels are different for other groups, the authors say
The former Johnson Space Center director logged four space shuttle flights and 1,000 hours in orbit over her 30-year career
Archaeologists uncovered evidence of leprosy in a medieval red squirrel in England, and DNA evidence revealed the strain was similar to what was circulating in humans at the time
Archaeopteryx provided the missing link between dinosaurs and the avians of today, serving as critical evidence for Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution
Across various species and regions, bumblebee nests thrive between 82 and 89.6 degrees Fahrenheit—and climate change could make it harder to find habitats in that range
After carefully piecing her skull back together, archaeologists and paleoartists have created a lifelike 3D reconstruction of the woman's face
While most of the team’s new finds are located in the main asteroid belt, about 100 are near-Earth asteroids that pass close to our planet's orbit
The pinnipeds came to the area to feed on anchovies and herring as they prepare for breeding season
Researchers are exploring whether intercropping—a technique of growing different types of plants in close proximity to one another—could be the secret to agriculture on the Red Planet
A new report highlights safety issues that NASA must address before using the spacecraft to send astronauts to the moon, and the agency is already working on fixing the problems
A powerful anticyclonic tornado uprooted trees and damaged some buildings on the night of April 30, and a second unusual twister changed direction, doubling back on its path
The primate named Rakus chewed up yellow root and applied it to an open facial wound, closing the sore within days
The 1,110-pound ordnance is one of many bombs that have surfaced in Europe decades after the war's end
Though the cars could not compare to human drivers, the event may help improve self-driving technology, experts say
In one experiment, rat neurons helped mice restore their senses of smell—the first time any animal has perceived the world through the sensory hardware of another species
The wealthy, industrialized countries set a flexible schedule to cut one of the dirtiest fossil fuels from their economies
The results could even help explain why stress from anger may trigger a heart attack
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