A phage recognizes a particular molecule on the surface of a bacterium, attaches itself, and delivers its genetic material inside. Some phages then hijack the bacterium’s cellular machinery to ...

Now, scientists have built a version so small that its moving part consists of a single molecule. Instead of pumping water, this molecular screw spins when electricity passes through it. As it rotates ...

Enceladus’s ocean is extremely alkaline and low on carbon dioxide, but one terrestrial extremophile made it work.

A 1.45-million-year-old shin bone discovered in northern Kenya has revealed a disturbing possibility about human evolution: our ancient relatives may have been eating one another hundreds of thousands ...

For thousands of years, Indigenous communities along North America’s Pacific coast have practiced a remarkably simple form of marine stewardship: they crush old seashells and mix them into the sand ...

More like an otter-pus? Platy-otter? It had the broad, flattened tail of a river swimmer, platypus-like hind legs, and a mouthful of teeth built to cut flesh. It was roughly the size of a Chihuahua, ...

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The world’s oldest recorded kiss is more than 4,500 years old. It was written into stone, in a story about two gods having ...

Researchers found that people who frequently felt connected to a god, spirits, or some higher power, and who also reported ...

New footage threatens a decades-old legend that shaped lives, divided families, and defied scientific scrutiny.

Science and horror have one thing in common: they both share a fascination with what lies beneath the surface. Both invite us ...

Most solar panels stand still while the sun moves. But a Massachusetts seventh grader fixed the problem with a low-cost ...