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For decades, the bonnethead shark’s distinctive shovel-shaped head has raised a deceptively simple question: why do males and females develop...

The ocean already absorbs roughly 30 percent of the carbon dioxide released by human activities, but scientists have long searched...

Speech may be doing more than carrying words during a manic episode: it may be revealing how rapidly the brain...

A microscopic animal best known for surviving some of Earth’s harshest conditions has become the focus of a discovery that...

A new study published in Nature Communications is drawing attention to the possibility that end-stage renal disease is shaped not...

South America’s rivers may begin far above the ground. A new study examining the continent’s “aerial rivers” reveals how corridors...

As populations age, researchers are increasingly looking beyond single diagnoses to understand why some older adults remain satisfied with life...

Psychology is entering an era in which human behavior can be examined at a scale once considered impossible. Digital records,...

White matter disorders have long been associated with the loss, abnormal development or progressive deterioration of myelin, the insulating material...

A child’s first experience with social media may be linked to how their academic performance develops for years afterward, according...