Five years on from the first news of COVID, recent reports of an obscure respiratory virus in China may understandably raise ...

As a caterpillar, a grass skipper butterfly is an architect. It builds its home by weaving silk, which the caterpillar uses ...

Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. Suggestions ...

While male brains tended to be greater in volume than female brains, when adjusted for total brain volume, female infants on ...

The outer ear is unique to mammals, but its evolutionary origin has remained a mystery. According to a new study published in ...

(via TEDEd) In 1935, researchers found that after removing the frontal lobes of two chimps, they no longer experienced frustration or anxiety. Neurologist Egas Moniz believed that replicating this in ...

Getting a good night’s sleep is a critical part of our daily biological cycle and is associated with improved brain function, ...

Something is happening in the lunchrooms of America’s middle and high schools: They’re getting louder. In the past few years, the aural environment has been dominated by clanging trays, pinging ...

Fiber is well known to be an important part of a healthy diet, yet less than 10% of Americans eat the minimum recommended ...

It’s a well-known fact that to lose weight, you either need to eat less or move more. But how many calories do you really ...

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive ...

Concussions and repetitive head trauma in sports like football and boxing, once accepted as an unpleasant consequence of ...