CubeSats make it affordable for universities and private companies to launch a satellite into space.

The fungus has decimated chestnut trees in the national park, and larger trees have been slow to replace them.

A spy plane designed to measure gamma ray bursts detected them frequently and discovered some new forms.

Rabies is a fatal disease for both animals and people.

Some forms of renewable energy we think of as modern were used thousands of years ago.

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Varying from tasting superpowers to almost a complete lack of flavor sense, these animals run the gamut.

Do fish sleep? Even scientists have struggled to understand the process, but new research reveals how different species rest.

Sometimes, resemblances between parent and child or siblings can be uncanny. Other times, such resemblances can pop up between aunt and niece or grandfather and grandchild. And still, other times, ...

The massive networks of neurons in our brains produce complex behaviors, like actions and thought. Now physicists want to ...