Science

Robotic hands are getting their nails done. Researchers have designed a new three-fingered robotic hand whose digits come with a…

A spacecraft slowed the orbit of a pair of asteroids around the sun by more than 10 micrometers per second…

A look inside the brains of extraordinarily sharp elderly people reveals clues about their unusual abilities. Deep in these exceptional…

A rapid koala rebound in southeastern Australia is also boosting their genetic variation, showing one way out of an extinction…

Homegrown chickpeas could be on the menu for future astronauts. With help from compost and symbiotic fungi, chickpea plants grow…

Astronomers’ favorite fable just got a new twist. The “Goldilocks zone” — the region of space not too close and…

Two of Saturn’s satellites — its largest and one of its weirdest — may owe their current forms and orbits…

Hundreds of global and regional studies on sea level rise and coastal flooding may have underestimated sea levels by an…

Humans might show commitment with a ring, penguins offer prospective mates rocks and some beetles gift a ball of dung.…

When solving a puzzle, the answer could lie in your dreams. In a study of lucid dreamers, playing soundtracks linked…