Earth’s first sponges may have been ghostly, soft-bodied pioneers—ancient animals that evolved long before their skeletons ever appeared in stone.

Imagining ourselves in the shoes of the other affords necessary perspective for effective verbal, written, or physical ...

Use 'semantic gradients' to turn vocabulary study into a shared thinking activity that explores the subtle differences ...

Some clever dogs can pick up on the names of hundreds of toys just through natural interactions with their owners.

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses.

Under this process, cells break down and recycle their own organelles and proteins to maintain intracellular balance and ...

This matters because intonation (the rise and fall of speech that conveys emotion, emphasis, and intent) can flip meaning ...

In the research, published Wednesday (Jan. 7) in the journal Nature, a team of Moroccan and French researchers detailed their ...

While serendipity has often been associated with luck or happy accidents, its origin suggests that it goes beyond just happenstance.

This study examines the psychological and social factors influencing body donation decisions, highlighting family experiences ...

With major NIH cuts under Trump, here are initiatives in states like New York, California and Massachusetts to get state ...

Because animals have a limited capability of understanding human language, they cannot “read” the way humans do.