Science

If your name gets picked for jury duty, it’s because a computer used a random number generator to select it.…

After my son was born in December, new parent questions consumed my thoughts. Is he sleeping enough? Is he screaming…

In a rugged landscape in central Spain, archaeologists have discovered a unique granite cobblestone marked with a red ochre dot…

By affecting cows’ diets, climate change can affect cheese’s nutritional value and sensory traits such as taste, color and texture.…

When it comes to making a splash, technique tops brute force. In the competitive sport of Manu jumping, a flamboyant,…

Rhino poaching may be substantially reduced by removing the reason so many rhinos are poached in the first place: their…

A laser eye-in-the-sky has uncovered vast, ancient farm fields in an unlikely place — the frosty forests of Michigan’s Upper…

Great star corals in the grip of disease have been saved with probiotics — beneficial bacteria that attack or displace…

Tornado-generating beaks and whirlpool-stirring feet help flamingos transform shallow waters into shrimp-swirling death zones — corralling agile prey with the…

Seismic symphonies of minor earthquakes may affect grand movements on major faults. Small and distant earthquakes can disrupt the growth…