In his new book, neuroscientist Steve Ramirez delves in the fast-growing field of memory manipulation, which is being explored as a treatment for depression and other mental health conditions.

For many years, paleontologists have debated about whether there was a smaller relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex, or if those smaller fossils were really just awkward teenage versions of the king of ...

The experiment suggests that the animals are “not just driven by simple, emotional responses” but “have rather complex ...

The Eastern hellbender ( Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis) isn’t nearly as fearsome as its name implies. They’re actually somewhat cute, if you can get past the salamander’s slimy, mucousy skin that’s ...

Some AI models appear to show a resistance to being shut off. Are they developing a survival drive? Or is it all in how they prioritize tasks?

Aluminum has been added to certain vaccines for decades to boost their effect on the immune system, and has been shown to be ...

NIH-led research on structural racism was published Friday, even as the Trump administration has cancelled and discredited ...

The finding may allow archaeologists to determine whether a woman was pregnant or had recently given birth at the time of her ...

Young children have a lot of trust in scientists, and watching superhero TV shows with villainous researchers has little ...

JUICE might be bound to Jupiter, but it is fortuitously in place to peek at this object from beyond the stars.

How could the principle of "radical mundanity" proposed by the Fermi paradox help explain why humans haven't found evidence ...

The Autonomous Driving Academy offers a deep dive into robotics, programming and artificial intelligence. Students ...