Many people assume that during a sexual assault, the victim will fight back. But a new study from Sweden finds that, during an attack, it's common for victims to experience an innate, defensive reaction that renders them paralyzed.
Properties, sources and uses of the element promethium.
Researchers have developed a durable and energy-efficient material that could replace today's fragile screens — and might one day even charge your phone's battery.
Just like animal brains, plant seeds use a system of two competing hormone-signaling systems to decide whether to sprout or stay dormant, new research shows.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson received the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication Tuesday (June 6), becoming the first American scientist to earn the prestigious award.
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet registered his objection to Trump's decision, throwing some shade via Twitter today (June 6) at Trump and the president's "Make America Great Again" tagline.
Villages in a region of Myanmar were recently deluged with thousands of rats, according to local officials.
A new study adds to evidence suggesting that marijuana really is a gateway drug for teens.
Large asteroids may be lurking undiscovered within a meteoroid stream whose particles are hitting Earth, and scientists are urging a concentrated search for them.
You may not love your belly fat, but the large sheet of fat that stretches across your abdomen serves a purpose.
A man in Brazil died of rabies in May after being bitten by a vampire bat.
Hawaii became the first state to enact climate laws that follow the Paris accord.
Two species of highly similar deep-sea octopus are hard to tell apart — unless you look closely at their "warts."
New research finds that overweight children may be actively ostracized by their peers.
A new machine learning program can predict, in 6-month-old babies, which ones will go on to develop autism, researchers report.
About 115 million years ago, when car-size pterosaurs flew overhead, a tiny mushroom no taller than a chess piece fell into a river and later fossilized — a feat that makes it the oldest-known fossilized mushroom on record, a new study finds.
The oldest known bones of our species, dating back around 300,000 years, have been discovered in a cave in Morocco.
Scientists have discovered the remains of five Homo sapiens individuals in a cave in Morocco. The fossils date back about 300,000 years, pushing back the origin of humanity at least 100,000 years, they say.
