Meerkats produce a pungent "paste" in a pouch beneath their tails, created by odor-producing bacteria, that they smear on plants, rocks and even other meerkats to mark their turf

When states suffer a widespread loss of jobs, the damage extends to the next generation, where college attendance drops among the poorest students, says new research

Breaking Glass in Infinite Dimensions

Intellectual Humility increases tolerance, improves decision-making

Researchers develop nanoparticles that help convert CO2 into methane using only UV light as an energy source

Results of a mathematical modeling study suggest that romantic attention in the animal world, by itself, is not enough to give attractive females an evolutionary edge over their plainer counterparts -- even when their good looks help them snag superior mates.

Nanowire “Inks” Enable Paper-Based Printable Electronics

Study of social rank in wild chimps shows striking differences between the sexes

Pot-Smokers Harm Gums; Other Physical Effects Slight

Why Bearcats Smell Like Buttered Popcorn: Researchers pinpoint chemical compound that gives rare animal its popcorn-like scent

Black Widows' color scheme deters their predators (birds) without alarming their prey (insects)

Self-Control Saps Memory, Study Says

Denying Problems When We Don’t Like the Solutions

Centuries-Old Shipwreck Discovered Off the North Carolina Coast

The human version of a DNA sequence called HARE5 turns on a gene important for brain development, and causes a mouse embryo to grow a 12 percent larger brain by the end of pregnancy than an embryo injected with the chimpanzee version of HARE5

Distant Species Produce Love Child After 60-Millon-Year Breakup

Study finds that when people don't like the political implications of the solution to a problem, they are more likely to deny the problem exists at all.

Scientists Uncover Navigation System Used by Cancer, Nerve Cells

Fungus deadly to AIDS patients found to grow on trees: Researchers have pinpointed the environmental source of fungal infections that have been sickening HIV/AIDS patients in Southern California for decades

Editing HPV's Genes To Kill Cervical Cancer Cells: Researchers have hijacked a defense system normally used by bacteria to fend off viral infections and redirected it against the human papillomavirus (HPV)…

Small Mutation Changes Brain Freeze to Hot Foot