What makes us care about others? Scientists studying empathy have found that people are more likely to choose to empathize ...

In the urban parks of Barcelona, Spain, the calls of a tropical parrot fill the air. The bright green monk parakeet, native ...

Termites—infamous for their ability to destroy wood—are rarely welcomed into rainforests that have been painstakingly ...

The blazar BL Lacertae, a supermassive black hole surrounded by a bright disk and jets oriented toward Earth, provided ...

Since the dawn of philosophy, thinkers from Plato to Kant have considered how beauty affects human experience, and whether it ...

For the first time, astronomers have probed the physical environment of repeating X-ray outbursts near monster black holes ...

Climate change is altering water availability—across the globe, and right on our doorstep. With a new interactive map, users ...

Drywood termites, the ones that hide in wooden structures, molt about seven times in their lives. UC Riverside researchers ...

From bird flocking to fish schooling, many biological systems exhibit some type of collective motion, often to improve ...

Over time, scar tissue slows or stops implanted bioelectronics. But new interdisciplinary research could help pacemakers, ...

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have listened to the music of a nearby star, uncovering ...

The substances behind the slimy strings from okra and the gel from fenugreek seeds could trap microplastics better than a ...