But these wee tugs on the ear probably aren’t helpful today Listening intently activates tiny ear muscles, the same ones that allow some people to wiggle their ears, a new study show. Lucy Lambriex/Di...
Nipping negative repetitive thinking in the bud has the potential to stave off numerous mental health disorders. Think Eeyore and Piglet. Cheerful Piglet is a chronic worrier, coping with anxiety; glu...
Gases that rise from the earth could explain sightings of floating balls of light The slight offset in this railroad track located between Charleston and Summerville in South Carolina may have been cr...
Gibellula attenboroughii was spotted by a BBC documentary team A spider with an early infection from the fungus Gibellula attenboroughii hangs from the ceiling of a cave in the Republic of Ireland. Ti...
Meet Jon Nelson. He’s a dad, a husband, a coach and a professional who works in marketing. But underneath it all, he suffered – for years – from severe depression. His suffering was so great that he v...
The blast challenges theories of how these flashes form The CHIME telescope array in Canada, shown here, detected a fast radio burst coming from an unusual location. CHIME, Andre Renard/Dunlap Institu...
Canute, king of England during the 11th century, achieved legendary status by ordering his servants to carry his throne to the shore, whereupon he ordered the tide to stop rising. When the ocean did n...
Life of the party Margaret S. Collins, the first Black female entomologist in the United States to earn a Ph.D., overcame racism and sexism to become a field biologist and termite expert, life science...
The defense mechanism exploits the predators’ keen scent detection Ink released by the common cuttlefish (shown) may barrage sharks’ smell sensors to deter the predators, according to a new study. Yim...
The image is part of work to understand whether sharks coordinate their attacks on prey A school of hardyhead silverside fish (Atherinomorus lacunosus) flees from four blacktip reef sharks near the sh...
Scientists say they have cracked the perfect recipe Want the perfect egg? Alternating water temperatures gives you a finished yolk without the rubbery white, a new study shows. rai/iStock / Getty Imag...
The same version of the bird flu that has caused the most serious human illnesses in North America has now turned up in dairy cows. Cattle in Nevada tested positive for the H5N1 viral variant D1.1, wh...
