Cannibal snakes may be far more common than thought. A global review found the behaviour evolved 11 times, raising new questions about survival strategies hidden within the reptile world.

One possible reason for these differences is that distinct disciplines are trained to notice different things. Like ...

As snow powers the winter Olympic games, you probably underestimate the simple snowflake. For starters, snow isn't technically white.

The pattern echoes classic studies of animal foraging. Birds in food-rich habitats ignore low-quality prey, waiting for ...

Feel freezing during a fever? Scientists identify the brain circuit responsible for chills and why it sends signals to your ...

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Virginia Tech's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC has for the first time identified specific patterns of brain chemical activity that predict ...

People with musical anhedonia, a rare inability to enjoy music, are teaching scientists how the brain processes songs. In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of ...

Aspiring computer science student Alex Seungyong Yang sees AI as both a challenge and opportunity as he enters university as ...

Networks of molecules in our body behave as though they have goals and desires. Understanding this phenomenon could solve the ...

An Australian scientist says probabilities are the leading cause of the Bermuda Triangle disappearances. Add in suspect ...

Located near the town of Judith Gap in central Montana, the Bergstrom site was used to hunt and kill bison for at least 700 ...

NPR's Short Wave talks about babies' perceptions of rhythm, how sleep may help us solve puzzles and why snakes may be able to fast so long.