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...

Birds that dive underwater — such as penguins, loons and grebes — may be more likely to go extinct than...

Decades of research have shown that focusing on housing, without making sobriety or mental health treatment a prerequisite, is the...

NASA has funded a new set of visionary concepts for space exploration that could one day prove useful — and...

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...

The Arctic today is a hostile place for most primates. But a series of fossils found since the 1970s suggest...