Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

A global catalog shows how creatures across the tree of life balance rigidity with flexibility in remarkably consistent ways ...

By forcing crystal structures to compete, scientists uncovered a new way to make magnetism twist. Florida State University ...

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used specialized tools to study materials at the atomic scale and analyze ...

Scientists are building experimental computers from living human brain cells and testing how they learn and adapt.

Jennifer Wang didn’t know what to think when she was told to expect big news. She and her fellow medical laboratory science students at the University of Washington were not given many details — just ...

Tal Sharf (right, senior author), Tjiste van der Molen (middle, postdoctoral researcher), and Greg Kaurala (left, staff researcher). Humans have long wondered when and how we begin to form thoughts.

Dolphins whistle, humpback whales sing and sperm whales click. Now, a new analysis of sperm whale codas — a unique series of clicks — suggests a previously unrecognized acoustic pattern. The finding, ...

A mixture of two types of pigment-producing cells undergoes diffusiophoretic transport to self-assemble into a hexagonal pattern. Credit: Siamak Mirfendereski and Ankur Gupta/CU Boulder A zebra’s ...

Science comes alive at the Earth and Planets Laboratory (EPL), where researchers unlock the secrets of earthquakes, volcanoes, meteorites, and even the origins of life. For one day only, we’re opening ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. What happens when imagination meets perception, and ordinary objects come alive? We explore the science of pareidolia. Summary: Our minds are wired to ...