The rodents' usual cellular structure is good at taking information from DNA and making proteins—these proteins may help extend their lifespans
Photographer Martin Klimas sets paint atop a speaker and cranks the volume, snapping shots as the boom of music pulses paint into the air
The rock closely resembles mugearites, which form after molten rock encounters liquid water
Biologist Sam Droege's sharply-focused photographs of bees, used for identifying different species, make for fine art
The ancient fossil, just discovered in China, could upend our understanding of how all vertebrates evolved over time
To overcome how people tend to care only about cute endangered animals, Samantha Dempsey designed and distributed temporary tattoos of ugly extinct species
Recent research suggests that working in a sloppy setting may actually help inspire creative thinking
The rising chance of extreme weather is forcing insurance companies to adjust their models as they take on more risk
The more eggs a parasitic cuckoo finch lays in its host's nest, the more likely a discerning foster parent will accept the finch's young as its own
A surprisingly accurate model shows that warfare and military technology determined where empires arose
With polio on the verge of eradication, a career immunologist explains the medical marvel of vaccination and the pioneers who made it possible
Bertholdia trigona, a moth native to the Arizona desert, emits ultrasonic clicks at a rate of 4,500 times per second to blur bats' acoustic vision
We are not talking origami here. The Colombian artist has created paper sculptures of more than 100 species, and they are startlingly realistic
Dan Corson's latest installation in Seattle—flower sculptures that light up at night—show that solar energy is viable even in the cloudy Pacific Northwest
White whales, such as the recently spotted humpback nicknamed Migaloo, are rare and elusive creatures. How many are there and why are they white?
Earwax collected from a beached whale shows that the creature ingested a host of toxins, such as DDT and mercury, throughout its life
Cornelia Kavanagh's sculptures magnify tiny sea butterflies—ocean acidification's unlikely mascots—hundreds of times
As much as researchers themselves want to believe that breakfast helps people lose weight or keep it off, the evidence is far from conclusive
With the help of a little liquid nitrogen, German photographer Martin Klimas captures the fragile chaos of flowers as they explode
Being a righty or a lefty could be linked to variations in a network of genes that influence right or left asymmetries in the body and brain
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