Tetrodotoxin, the neurotoxin that makes a blue-ringed octopus deadly, also protects Taricha newts—but we don't understand how they produce it, or what purposes it serves for them.
E. coli bacteria may be far more capable of evolving antibiotic resistance than scientists previously thought, according to a new study published in Science on November 24.
A behavioral economist at the University of Bath in the U.K. has found evidence linking higher levels of unwarranted financial optimism with lower levels of cognitive ability. In his study, published in the journal Personality ...
In 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), made history when it made the first direct detection of gravitational waves—ripples in space and time—produced by a pair of colliding black holes.
In the karstic caves of Puerto Rico, cave art paints the rock walls. Previous research has assigned ages to this art based on the ages of nearby archaeological artifacts within the caves, but these ages are relative and may ...
Emphasizing the need for energy independence and environmental stewardship could help to change people's minds about the climate crisis, a new study says.
Everyone knows that arithmetic is true: 2 + 2 = 4.
In math class, you probably learned how to compute the area of lots of different shapes by memorizing algebraic formulas. Remember "base x height" for rectangles and "½ base x height" for triangles? Or "𝜋 x radius²" ...
A new study found that teachers who left low-performing K-12 public schools in Tennessee as part of schoolwide turnaround reforms had positive impacts on test scores in the schools that took them in, and they were more likely ...
Scientists have "reset the clock" for craters on the moon, meaning that parts of its surface are around 200 million years older than had been thought.
