The OTOF gene encodes otoferlin, a protein that plays a critical role in hearing. It helps transmit sound signals from the ...

Poveglia is a layered time capsule of tragedy. It was once a bustling community which was turned into a quarantine zone, then into a psychiatric hospital, then fell into ruin. And while it’s often ...

Chimp and Neanderthal faces grow beyond adolescence, which explains their more rugged features. Credit: AI-generated image by ChatGPT 4o. Our faces don’t just distinguish us from other people ...

In a new study, participants from China, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom consistently rated men with low-to-moderate body ...

Some Cells are “Unaware” The main objective of this study was to explore how cells and tissues respond to the death of the organism they once belonged to. “In life, genetic and epigenetic ...

Orchids are among the most popular flowers, admired for their beauty and delicate appearance. But beneath the surface, some orchids hide a darker secret: they live as parasites, stealing nutrients ...

One answer lies in something Casasanto and his team call “left-handed exceptionalism.” Lefties make up just about 10% of the ...

3I/ATLAS, also known as C/2025 N1, is a comet from interstellar space, meaning it originated in another star system and entered our solar system on a one-time flyby. It was first spotted by the ATLAS ...

With lessons learned from their first attempt, Kyoto University scientists hope a second CubeSat made of magnolia will spark ...

Over the last fifty years, jet fuel has accounted for more than half of all U.S. military energy use. Scaling back the ...

Sorghum is all the more exciting as a crop. It isn’t just print-friendly, it’s planet-friendly. This grain grows in hot, dry ...

In what definitely wasn’t on our list of expectations for this year, researchers used a method called transcranial random ...