World's simplest animals get their place in the tree of life

The group with the world’s simplest animals — tiny blob-like life forms with no organs and…

Fjords, small in size and number, are significant carbon reservoirs

Fjords comprise a mere 0.1 percent of the surface area of the ocean yet store a…

Improving the accuracy of markerless gait analysis

Gait analysis systems measure certain metrics to give their results. These results then drive clinical treatment…

Americans flocking to fire: National migration study

Americans are leaving many of the U.S. counties hit hardest by hurricanes and heatwaves — and…

It's been 50 years since the Apollo 17 mission put humans on the moon

Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 17 mission — the last one that put…

Ancient stone tools from China provide earliest evidence of rice harvesting

A new study analyzing stone tools from southern China provides the earliest evidence of rice harvesting,…

Using light to manipulate neuron excitability

Researchers have devised a way to achieve long-term changes in neuron activity. With their new strategy,…

Soft robot detects damage, heals itself

Engineers have created a soft robot capable of detecting when and where it was damaged —…

Cholesterol-lowering drugs linked to lower risk of bleeding stroke

People who take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins may have a lower risk of having a type…

Reading the room: Humans struggle to identify aggression in dogs, other humans

Researchers showed participants videos of human, dog, and macaque pairs to determine how well humans assess…