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Cornell scientists used computerized scanning, 3D printers and cartilage from cows to create living prosthetic ears
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The renowned chimp expert discusses her new book, her efforts to protect the rainforest and why she misses living with chimps
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A new study indicates that roughly half become habituated to the smell of DEET over time, reducing its effectiveness as a repellent
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Making healthy foods like tomatoes more palatable may increase our desire to eat these foods while decreasing our gravitation towards sugary snacks
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Macrophotographer Thomas Shahan takes portraits of spiders and insects in the hopes of turning your revulsion of the creatures into reverence
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Scientists use computer simulations to test how geographic features help create intense snowstorms that blanket cities near lake shores with snow
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Last week's close encounters with space rocks have raised concerns about how we deal with dangerous asteroids. Here's how we would try to knock them off course.
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A video captures images of thousands of spiders raining down on a Brazilian town, but it turns out this event is perfectly normal
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There are more than 14 billion pages on the web, but they are linked by hyperconnected nodes, like Hollywood actors connected through Kevin Bacon
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Drought and over-pumping has led to groundwater losses in the Middle East that equal almost the entire volume of the Dead Sea, a new study shows.
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In 1908, a meteor exploding in mid-air released the energy equivalent to "185 Hiroshima bombs"
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A new project asks citizens to monitor their backyard rinks, helping to track how a warming climate is affecting Canada's skating tradition
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Ten years ago, the spice company identified chipotle as a taste on the rise. They're back at it again with new predictions for 2013
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A clever print by designer Jacqueline Schmidt pays homage to 12 different species with one thing in common—they mate for life
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A study shows that wild perch are less fearful, eat faster and are more anti-social when exposed to a common pharmaceutical pollutant
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Former Smithsonian taxidermist Paul Rhymer is a judge on "Immortalized," a TV competition that pits up-and-comers against superstars in the field
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Scans show that liberals and conservatives use different parts of the brain when they take risks, helping to pinpoint the political party a person prefers
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The new species of owl makes a distinctive "pwok" call and is unique to just one island in Indonesia
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Don't understand love? Not to worry. Scientists continue to study away to try to make sense of it for the rest of us
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A look at the mating systems of some monogamous ocean animals show that finding life partners helps species protect themselves and their young
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