New study of 2,000 teens finds sleeping in 1-2 extra hours on weekends improves mental health, but oversleeping backfires.

Removing carbon from the air will take both nature and technology. A balanced approach is key to meeting climate goals.

Scientists found a new type of magnetism in a crystal called nickel iodide. This magnetism creates spiral patterns at the ...

Dedicated hockey fans show intense brain activity during faceoffs, revealing deep emotional and mental involvement.

In a warming world, the health of forests can change in surprising ways. A new analysis highlights how a weakening Atlantic ...

Discover how the brain solves complex problems using simple strategies like hierarchical and counterfactual reasoning.

Review of 101 food databases from 110 countries shows only 30% are accessible, 39% haven't updated in 5+ years, some unchanged for 50 years.

When food runs low, some bacteria kill and eat their neighbors. Study shows a survival strategy that changes how we think ...

Two X chromosomes mean girl, and an X paired with a Y means boy. For the last 300 million years, this system has worked very ...

Somewhere deep inside a salt cave in Hallstatt, Austria, a small crystal disk stores the entire human genome, and possibly ...

Scientists have discovered that supergenes - clusters of tightly linked DNA - help drive the explosive evolution of cichlid ...

Despite global cuts to mercury emissions, Arctic wildlife are accumulating toxic levels as century-old pollution rides ocean ...