Fat tissue may commit weight to memory. For people living with obesity, losing weight can help reduce the risk of health problems such as type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease (SN: 2/29/24). But ...

Growing up, Roberto S. Luciani had hints that his brain worked differently than most people. He didn’t relate when people complained about a movie character looking different than what they’d pictured ...

Editor in chief Nancy Shute recounts the 50-year anniversary of the hominid's discovery, which upended the study of human evolution.

The behemoth coral, discovered in October in the Solomon Islands, is longer than a blue whale and older than the United States.

Rocks returned by China’s Chang’e-6 mission suggest volcanic activity just 2.8 billion years ago but lack telltale heat-generating elements.

Environmental DNA harvested from the ocean, land and air can help scientists monitor wildlife. The challenge is figuring out how to interpret this eDNA.

Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the ...

Readers wondered if mayo qualifies as a non-Newtonian fluid, and X user @Lightning456243 asked how a quantum computer can identify its own errors.

The new finding comes from an analysis of pesticide use and prostate cancer incidence in over 3,100 U.S. counties.

The detailed structure of a misfolded protein from a diseased deer could help explain why the disease hasn’t made the leap to humans.

A contest to design a sound-only magic trick could help psychologists learn about differences between visual and auditory perception.

A molecule in lizard saliva may make it easier to find certain tumors in the pancreas.