This week in science: what your brain's doing when you zone out; the world's largest spider web; game over for simulation ...

Neuroscience shows us the brain is hardwired to respond to beauty. Seeing an attractive face activates the brain's reward and ...

There's an optimal strategy for winning multiple rounds of rock, paper, scissors: be as random and unpredictable as possible.

To study the inner workings of an atom's nucleus, scientists have traditionally relied on sophisticated particle colliders to ...

Some evidence, for instance, suggests that the 'gaseous blowback' produced by gunfire is what erases most evidence of ...

Picturing how our species might appear in the far future can invite wild speculation over standout features such as height, ...

Melatonin is typically considered safe and well-tolerated for short-term use among those who are not pregnant or ...

A new map of the empire's ancient land routes has nearly doubled the length of the confirmed ancient Roman road network, from ...

A preliminary investigation has found that those who use tobacco with cannabis show unique changes to their brain chemistry.

Octopuses and other cephalopods are masters of camouflage, thanks largely to color-changing skin that can help them seemingly ...

A Swiss biotech company is putting a new longevity supplement to the test, and the latest clinical results are promising.

Our bodies are in a constant state of ebb and flow, from the breaths we're taking to the fluids washing our brains clean each ...