Science

What’s really behind ‘gluten sensitivity’?

A decade ago, when excavators claimed to have found stone tools on the Greek island of Crete dating back at least 130,000 years, other archaeologists were stunned—and skeptical. But since […]

One of biology’s great mysteries is how a single fertilized egg gives rise to the multitude of cell types, tissues, and organs that fit together to make a body. Now, […]

The parasite that causes malaria can change the way you smell, making you more attractive to mosquitoes, according to a new study. The work may help explain why the disease […]

As artificial intelligence (AI) allows machines to become more like humans, will they experience similar psychological quirks such as hallucinations or depression? And might this be a good thing?

As any Star Trek fan knows, antimatter is supposed to be the exact opposite of matter—so that if the two touch they annihilate each other in a flash of pure […]

A group of European scientists has founded an international association to discuss and provide guidance on the ethical use of genome editing, a technique with the potential to transform everything […]

In general, aquatic mammals tend to be larger than their closest land-bound relatives. The largest sea lions are twice as big as the largest bears, for example, and manatees outweigh […]

When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women. That’s the main conclusion of a new study that compiled information about 20,860 pictures […]