In January, toymaker Mattel released the very first autistic Barbie doll. She’s wearing a loose purple dress and headphones.

The famed collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory has ended operations, but if all goes to plan, a new collider will rise ...

Study showcases how modern-day foragers stick together when seeking food. Such social forces could help explain the emergence ...

Apes, like humans, are capable of pretend play, challenging long-held views about how animals think, a new study suggests.

Brain scans and signals show babies can sort images and sense rhythm, offering new insight into how infant brains are wired from the start.

A mathematical model simulated patient outcomes when given caregiver support or an expensive Alzheimer’s drug to determine ...

In mice, the oral bacteria F. nucleatum can travel to mammary tissue via the bloodstream, where it can damage healthy cells.

A temperate tunneling species of dung beetle seems capable of adapting to climate change, but their tropical cousins may be ...

NASA’s Artemis II could be the first time human eyes set sight on the farside of the moon — and there are things human eyes can see that cameras can’t.

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These parasitic beetle larvae lure in bees with complex floral aromas before hitching a ride back to their nests and eating ...

A new study finds that humans and AI spot different kinds of deepfakes — hinting at the need to team up to fight them.