Scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine report new evidence that clusters of brain tissue derived from the cells of patients ...

New research shows astronauts tend to grip objects in microgravity as if they felt as heavy or more as on Earth, a finding ...

If forced to choose one descriptor for the octopus, the best word may be “otherworldly.” These truly amazing marine animals ...

Scientists are still trying to understand why our Neanderthal DNA hasn't all been eliminated by natural selection.

A new study in songbirds might help explain why humans don’t generate many new brain cells, called neurons, as adults ...

Hibernation can vary by species. Martin says some hibernators, such as ground squirrels, rewarm—or wake up from hibernation ...

Investigating a common gene in three very different species—salamanders, mice and zebrafish—scientists have discovered the ...

A research team has developed a new approach to detecting life beyond Earth that does not rely on identifying specific ...

Science fiction media is filled with fantastic ideas that, more often than you'd expect, end up seeing the light of day, even ...

Searching for alien languages sheds light on how much human languages have in common—with each other and even with animal ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system," according to a University of Cambridge study.

If the government confirms nonhuman intelligence, psychological research offers clues about the range of ways humans might respond.