According to a team of botanists from Tel Aviv University who uncovered this odd phenomenon, the secret is in the way the plants receive information from light. Your light receptors are located on the ...

It may take a while to become as famous as Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, or Monument Valley, but the 12,000-acre Chiricahua ...

Part of the art and science of astrophotography is figuring out when certain flying objects in the sky are going to line up for a photo opportunity. And few photographs demonstrate it better than AJ ...

The alternative is finding out how to live on a planet suffering from chronic lung disease.

The origins of the Germanic languages (English, German, Dutch, and the Nordic languages) have been the subject of debate for decades among linguists. Now geneticists are getting in on the action with ...

High protein content has become a selling point on foods ranging from breakfast cereals to yoghurts. For anyone hoping to build muscle or stay strong as they age, choosing the product with the most ...

In the early first century, a mighty king ruled the Atrebates tribe located in southern Britain: King Verica, son of Commius. As a client king of the Roman Empire, King Verica had a powerful ally in ...

A group of horses is called a “herd,” unless they’ve been ritually sacrificed. Then they’re called a “spectral cavalcade.” The term comes from writings of the Greek historian Herodotus describing the ...

Ever wondered why a bad night’s sleep can leave you irritable, anxious or sad? Poor sleep affects our emotions, but its timing also plays a role. Our circadian rhythms are nearly 24-hour cycles that ...

Much of what we understand about the universe comes from interpreting the light patterns that hit our telescopes—from the smallest twinkles of distant stars to giant clouds of dust and gas. That’s ...

“Good, thanks. Ate some great food. Saw the sights. Really managed to unwind. Oh, and I discovered a 120-million-year-old dinosaur footprint.” That’s the story 32-year-old Pichai Prathetsena can tell ...

The first rule of fight club is “you do not talk about fight club,” but the first rule of mouse fight club seems to be “publish your results in Nature.” A team of Princeton neuroscientists recently ...