How do mosquitoes find us? The question has spawned a multi-bazillion-dollar industry of gadgets, gizmos, and potions that work—for the people selling them. Now, a new Science Advances paper may ...

The rainforests of northern Australia are home to extraordinary ant colonies. Instead of dwelling in underground burrows, these ants inhabit canopies of trees, dozens of meters above the ground, ...

The public needs to know that scientists sometimes fail—and, in fact, failure is important. Below, Matt Kaplan shares five key insights from his new book, I Told You So!: Scientists Who Were Ridiculed ...

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A groundbreaking experiment revives interest in forgotten scientists Krishna Bahadur and S. Ranganayaki, exploring life's ...

Scientists have developed a breakthrough “superfood” for honeybees by engineering yeast to produce the essential nutrients normally found in pollen. In controlled trials, colonies fed this specially ...

Researchers at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation have developed a scalable flow chemistry method ...

‘If the vial is not prepared correctly and it’s not sterile, there’s a real risk of infection’ warns Dr McGuire, and without ...

KYOTO -- A team of researchers in Japan has uncovered the mechanism by which caffeic acid, a polyphenol found in coffee, ...

Professor Kevin Lee’s research, funded by the American Heart Association, follows the effects nicotine has on the heart and ...

A new field study reveals that biochar, a carbon-rich material made from plant residues, can significantly restore soil health and nitrogen ...

Researchers outline how specialized tubules in the hen’s oviduct sustain sperm and how management practices could safeguard ...