Science

Just like humans, more intelligent jays have greater self-control

Popular pharmaceutical target in cells may prove even more useful

'Grey skies are gonna clear up, put on a happy face'

First quasiparticle Bose-Einstein condensate

Vocal communication originated over 400 million years ago

Nestling birds recognize their local song 'dialect'

Ancient bacteria might lurk beneath Mars' surface

Biblical military campaigns reconstructed using geomagnetic field data

Skaftö wreck's cargo tells a tale of 15th century trade routes

Gel-like, radioactive tumor implant obliterates pancreatic cancer in mice

Unprecedented glimpse of merging galaxies

Chimpanzees synchronize their steps just like humans

Secrets of Namibia's fairy circles demystified: Plants self-organize

The most precise accounting yet of dark energy and dark matter

Meet the first Neanderthal family

Physicists confirm hitch in proton structure

Our brains use quantum computation

Five hours' sleep a night linked to higher risk of multiple diseases

Model calculates energetics of piercing fangs, claws and other biological weapons

Differences in male and female ostriches could explain how they form groups

Scientists compile Cassini's unique observations of Saturn's rings

Neanderthals appear to have been carnivores

New analysis of obsidian blades reveals dynamic Neolithic social networks

'Smart plastic' material is step forward toward soft, flexible robotics and electronics

Dust plumes observed being 'pushed' into interstellar space by intense starlight

Study of over 5 million people's DNA reveals genetic links to height

Black hole spews out material years after shredding star

Learning about the first animals on Earth from life at the poles

Black hole discovered firing jets at neighboring galaxy

Threatened Aldabra giant tortoise genome decoded

Vast ice sheet facing climate fight on two fronts

NASA confirms DART mission impact changed asteroid's motion in space

World's first stem cell treatment for spina bifida delivered during fetal surgery

Impact that killed the dinosaurs triggered 'mega-earthquake' that lasted weeks to months

Eye-opening discovery about adult brain's ability to recover vision

Shrine discovered with rituals never seen to take place before in an Egyptian temple

Sound reveals giant blue whales dance with the wind to find food

Astronomers find a 'cataclysmic' pair of stars with the shortest orbit yet

New algorithms help four-legged robots run in the wild

Eating late increases hunger, decreases calories burned, and changes fat tissue

Collision may have formed the Moon in mere hours, simulations reveal

Dinosaur-killing asteroid triggered global tsunami that scoured seafloor thousands of miles from impact site

Solar harvesting system has potential to generate solar power 24/7