Some rodents in South America carry arenaviruses and hantaviruses. Climate change may bring both to regions where neither is currently a threat.

Rather than catching a yawn on sight, muscles squeezing the uterus could be the trigger for a fetus to catch a yawn from its ...

Chickens genetically modified to be impervious to bird flu may one day prevent the spread of the disease on farms, a study suggests. Just small tweaks to a single gene made chickens resistant to an ...

In ‘A Voice in the Wilderness,’ Joseph L. Graves Jr. discusses his scientific journey, how he debates racists, and more.

The idea came to Jablonski after studying bird behavior in the American West. He noticed some birds would fling out their ...

Public health officials are racing to find out how the sometimes deadly hantavirus got aboard a cruise ship and if there has ...

A new study shows learning to fly in virtual reality with virtual wings can reshape the brain, making it treat wings more ...

A link between particle physics and gravity equations, called the double copy, applies to Hawking radiation, creating a new ...

DNA damage from inflammation outpaces the cells’ ability to self-repair. The finding, in human brain cells and mice, could ...

Several studies have served up tantalizing hints about the drugs’ potential cancer prevention benefits, but other results ...

Rather than reining in the compounds, the FDA may be poised to broaden access, perhapas even adding peptides to supplements.

Nigerian virologist Margaret Oluwatoyin Japhet has designed a rapid test that could diagnose rotavirus at a child’s bedside.