Technology

Mycoplasma pneumoniae are tiny bacteria typically known to cause lung infections. But now, a group of scientists have turned them...

A team of researchers in China has unveiled a technique that—theoretically—could crack the most common methods used to ensure digital...

This article was originally published on Oct. 4, 2020. This article appeared in the November 2020 issue of Discover magazine as "Gut...

Prairie voles mate for life. Much like humans, once voles form a pair bond—typically with a member of the opposite...

Editor’s Note (1/10/23): This story is being republished because the town of Montecito, Calif., was evacuated on Monday following concerns...

Sea otters are innovative, adorable and apex predators in their ecosystem — until now. On Pleasant Island, a 20 square...

The neuronal membrane is a dynamic place. It continually shifts its shape, bulging outward to sprout antenna that guide cell...

For the first time, scientists have observed quantum interference—a wavelike interaction between particles related to the weird quantum phenomenon of...

We’re all familiar with (hic) the mildly uncomfortable sensation (hic) that is hiccups (hic).Perhaps you swallowed a bit too much...

Researchers have uncovered one way that opioid use seems to result in withdrawal symptoms, identifying a previously unknown pathway in...