Although only tested in rats thus far, the polymer-based treatment could repair tissue that are impacted in a variety of diseases.

Learn how physicists were able to send quantum signals through fiber optic telecom system.

Learn how a new instrument will increase the telescope’s ability to spot sunspots in unprecedented detail.

The hell ant shows how insect species evolved, adapted, and spread throughout the ancient world.

Learn how a computer simulation demonstrates that tectonic activity may be less slow and steady than previously thought.

Learn why lung cancer led the drop in cancer mortality rates, but cancer forms related to obesity continue to rise.

Unlike massive mammals, mega marsupials 300,000 years ago limited their dining options by keeping close to home.

Learn how forensic evidence confirms that gladiator and lion combat did occur, and why experts think these fights didn't just occur in Rome.

However, more work on just how these compounds rewire the brain will be necessary before they become viable treatments for humans.

Learn why the planet, BD+05 4868 Ab, is only the fourth such discovered and will disappear in one to two million years.

The young used to report high happiness levels that declined into middle age before increasing into and throughout retirement. Now those levels are changing.

Learn how the brain operates differently in a variety of states of consciousness, which could provide a variety of therapeutic benefits.

This southwest England area has served as a crossroads for multiple civilizations, dating back 12,000 years.

While cautious about the findings, astronomers detected traces of a chemical that, on Earth, is produced by phytoplankton.

Images of the distant spiral galaxy are changing conceptions of the speed and process by which galaxies form.

A recent study could help repurpose existing drugs, develop new medicines targeted to broad disease processes, and eventually lead to a personalized approach.

Modeling Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field from 41,000 years ago suggests how Homo sapiens’ sun-fighting strategy helped sustain them as a species.

Learn why a comprehensive comparison of crocodile skulls, teeth, and jaws hints that generalists, not specialists are best built for longevity.

The chemical composition of a meteorite that was built much like early Earth shows evidence of ample hydrogen necessary to form water.

Learn how astronomers found the invisible ionized gas that forms puffy halos surrounding galaxies.

Although a bracket fungus proved to be the least palatable, it is not poisonous. This conclusion could make scientists rethink the relationship between taste and toxicity.

The tracks show that two types of ankylosauruses co-existed at a time and place where they were once thought to be extinct.

Learn why a black hole is becoming active and why experts still can't explain the source of its regular, periodic pattern of X-ray energy flashes.

Even though the virus was first discovered in laboratory monkeys in 1958, the original source came from a squirrel.

Learn why researchers think potential guests make assumptions about informal event planners’ intentions.