During trauma, the amygdala becomes highly active, processing emotions such as fear, and the hippocampus becomes overwhelmed ...

A simple yeast-based food supplement may help restore the immune system’s ability to fight cancer, according to new research ...

Forget cloudy cubes. This science-backed freezing method produces the kind of flawless, slow-melting ice typically found only ...

Modern homes can create unusually dangerous fire conditions because tighter construction can reduce oxygen while smoke and ...

A post I published last month considered the past 10 years of math instruction and what the next 10 might look like. Today, we’re doing the same thing with science. I began my teaching career in 2014 ...

All living things have a fleet of tiny copy machines that turn instructions from DNA into RNA molecules responsible for helping build proteins that keep organisms alive. One of those nanoscale ...

A biologist explains the trillions of organisms like bacteria, fungi and mites living on human skin right now, and the ...

We reach for brighter, better lighting for sharper pictures, whether we're photographing a puppy or a microscopic cell. In ...

Miniature models of the human brain can be kept alive for years, allowing scientists to study neural development and brain ...

Scientists are searching some of Earth’s oldest rocks for tiny fossils that could reveal how simple microbial life made the ...