After the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, escaped domestic pigs bred with wild boar, creating a hybrid population.

Both the UK and US Governments have pledged to end research using animals, but is such a goal realistic? And how might it change medical research? Talha Burki reports.

Many researchers are surprised and relieved over an unusual step taken by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH): the agency is rolling back the red tape on a host of basic-science experiments ...

In this study, the researchers note that rather than think of it as a "human versus machine" investigation, the work should instead highlight AI's ability to assist people in creative endeavors. “By ...

A new study suggests humans belong in an elite “league of monogamy,” ranking closer to beavers and meerkats than to chimpanzees. By comparing full and half siblings across species and human cultures, ...

Scarlett Howard currently has funding from the Australian Research Council and the Hermon Slade Foundation. Adrian Dyer receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Alexander von ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...

When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...

Officials revealed that an alleged human smuggling operation involving over a dozen individuals has been uncovered inside a Texas home. Authorities with the Texas Department of Public Safety and ...

The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...

You know how we're all dreaming about living on other planets someday? Well, turns out, to make that happen, we need to get creative with some enclosed ecosystems called biospheres. Enter Biosphere ...