Seabirds reveal mercury distribution across the North Atlantic

Deception abilities emerged in large language models

A provocative modeling study suggests that the human brain grew large as a side effect of developing more energy-efficient ways to maintain ovarian follicles, the small sacs in the ovaries that release eggs for fertilization.

An oddball bacteria defies central dogma

Inflation did not affect voting in the 2022 United States congressional elections, but abortion did

Americans tend to underestimate the material benefits associated with unionization

In a migratory stork, recent GPS tracking research suggests that younger birds follow the flock, whereas older birds use experience to guide them to a more direct path.

In experiments in mice, the most anxious individuals sought out stimulation of certain neurons that both induce extreme hunger and quiet anxiety

Broken stalagmites in a French cave show that humans journeyed more than a mile into the cavern some 8,000 years ago

In a small study, blood sampling suggests that epigenetic age can fluctuate by five years in a single day.