Category Science

Animal products like beef and lamb are major drivers of greenhouse gas emissions, while the feed required to sustain these livestock also drains limited land and freshwater resources. Deforestation, alongside…

Certain caribou herds in British Columbia (B.C.) are endangered. And in an effort to protect caribou calves from wolf predation, the B.C. government has implemented a wolf-removal program that could…

Most people understand the value of a social circle. Friends share information, offer protection, and provide support. Without those connections, everyday challenges become harder to manage. Animals rely on similar…

Colossal Biosciences, known for its ambitious de-extinction projects, has announced a new project that will eventually secure frozen samples from thousands of species. The Dallas-based biotechnology company is poised to…

Solar eclipses have been shown to confuse animals and disrupt their typical routines, but how do trees respond to this phenomenon? A Royal Society Open Science study published in April…

Fire transformed human society in obvious ways. Less obvious is the possibility that living alongside flame also shaped human evolution. Over generations, recurring burn injuries may have influenced how our…

Sometimes all it takes is a little whiff to take us back into our past: the scent of our grandparents’ detergent or the smell of our childhood home can induce…

Key Takeaways on Why You Can’t Tickle Yourself While you may be a very ticklish person, your brain will usually not let you tickle yourself because it can anticipate when…

Spiderman can crawl up walls. Cyclops can blast energy beams from his eyes. Wonder Woman has both super-strength and super-agility. But plenty of ordinary people have superpowers — or at…

A supermassive black hole that tore apart a star years ago is now blasting out energy that rivals a gamma-ray burst, potentially making it one of the most powerful single…