A rare earth element is one of 17 elements on the periodic table. These 17 metals include 15 “lanthanides.” Those are ...

Certain cells here control its behavior. Studying this circuitry could also help us understand depression in people.

A mouse’s entire nervous system lights up in psychedelic hues. Clumps of immune cells attacking tumors give off a ghostly ...

Much as people do, toothed whales, such as dolphins and sperm whales, make noises in three different vocal registers.

In the 1960s, U.S. doctors tried delivering vaccines using needle-free liquid jets. But problems arose. The liquid could ...

But how useful this is depends on whether cows eat the red algae, a type of seaweed — or it gets added to their wastes after ...

Even when it’s pitch black, the new imaging system can create clear images while also accurately gauging distances to objects ...

This is another in our series of stories identifying new technologies and actions that can slow climate change, reduce its impacts or help communities cope with a rapidly changing world. Sohabati Devi ...

One day, you may get to try food prepared by a robot — and it just might be one invented by Dennis Hong.

Science News Explores is running an experiment. We’re providing audio recordings of stories, made with Amazon Polly, along ...

In an eat-or-be-eaten world, flying has many benefits. A creature that takes to the skies can more easily escape predators on the ground. It can drop down from above on unsuspecting prey. It can also ...