The formation of a distinct pattern of sea surface temperatures in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean can predict an increased chance of summer hea...
Like most annuals, lettuce plants live out their lives in quiet, three-act dramas that follow the seasons. Seed dormancy gives way to germination; the...
Tardigrades, also known as moss piglets or water bears, are eight-legged microscopic animals that have long fascinated scientists for their ability to...
Bacteria are the most abundant form of life on Earth, and they are capable of living in diverse habitats ranging from the surface of rocks to the insi...
New groundbreaking research shows that with improved fishing approaches -- compared to business as usual -- the majority of the world's wild fishe...
Africans possess at least a little bit Neanderthal DNA. But a new map of archaic ancestry--published March 28 in Current Biology--suggests that many b...
The sounds you make while chewing have a significant effect on the amount of food you eat, a new study has found. The results suggest that people are ...
A daily dose of vitamin D3 improves heart function in people with chronic heart failure, a five-year University of Leeds research project has found. D...
In the first large randomized trial to directly compare two approaches to preventing a type of abnormal heart rhythm that is the most common complicat...
A fruit called the noni -- now hyped for a vast array of unproven health benefits -- is distinctly unhealthy for the fruit fly, which has fascinated g...