Viper venom never switched on a single pain nerve in a new lab test, so the pain after a bite comes from tissue damage ...

A study of 3,339 U.S. families found no link between typical organophosphate pesticide exposure during pregnancy and ...

Glow-in-the-dark pigments may be more vulnerable to humidity than light, giving museums a new concern when preserving ...

Childhood trauma predicted less pleasure in looking ahead only when one memory region worked poorly with the brain's reward ...

Snake embryos develop in remarkably consistent clockwise spirals, and their slower-growing gut may explain how the unusual ...

A simple spring-powered robot can pinch, twist, hook and grasp with just two air inputs, outperforming the human hand in some ...

Meteorites don't just burn up. A new study reveals the seven stages a space rock goes through before it hits the ground.

Hot drinks can release millions of tiny plastic particles from plastic-lined paper cups, with lining material making a ...

A catastrophic flood tore through northern Nepal after a glacier collapsed, sending a torrent of water, ice, and debris ...

Submarines, polar stations and emergency housing are designed around health and safety, and so are the modules being drawn for moon bases. A team at MIT has now mapped the other half: how a habitat’s ...

Genome sequencing of the rare Chinese swamp cypress shows that an ancient tree's genetic value depends on its history, not on ...

AI detects faint signals from sunspots forming beneath the Sun’s surface, offering hours of advance warning before they ...