Could mass killings and school shootings in the United States actually be contagious?
Spiders can actually travel across the water like ships, using their legs as sails and their silk as an anchor.
Climate change may be turning male lizards into females. Scientists have examined Australia's bearded dragon lizards and have found that temperature plays a key role in switching a lizard's sex rapidly from one to another.
As if this generation isn't quite social media-obsessed enough, MasterCard is taking it a step further. Shoppers will soon be able to pay for some of their purchases by simply taking a selfie.
Foodborne illnesses are more common than you think.
Scientists have found that our oceans need an immediate and substantial reduction of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, or else we're liable to see far-reaching and potentially irreversible impacts on marine ecosystems.
Researchers at the University of Adelaide have discovered promising signs in stem cell therapy that may be effective in preventing and treating inflammation via transplant recipients. The findings are published in the journal Stem Cells, which are expected to eventually lead to new treatments for tr...
It turns out that the polar bear's main threat may be global warming.
Thank our small marine, fishy-friend the seahorse for giving scientists a lesson in how to better navigate surgery based on its unusual skeletal structure.
New findings published in the Journal of Mammalogy reveal where 74 million pet cats spend their time when away from home.
Sociologists at Rice University have found that bisexual males and females report poorer health than gay, lesbian and heterosexual counterparts in a recent study. The findings will appear in an upcoming edition of Demography.
Researchers at the A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russia, discovered that mice exposed to cat urine early on in life were unable to escape from the strong odor of feline predators later on.
