Scientists are creating the first neural atlas of interoception, the body's internal communication system, to understand how the brain and organs stay in sync. This groundbreaking research, funded by ...

It is a question that feels like it should have a straightforward answer: how many senses do humans have? Growing up, most of us learned that there are five main senses – sight, smell, hearing, taste, ...

Walking might seem simple. But it’s not, explains epidemiologist Peggy Cawthon, science director of the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute. It’s an amazingly complex behavior that ...

Abstract: With the progress of science and technology, a large number of scientific papers are published every year. Faced with such large data, identifying high-value research and hot research ...

Could we be on the verge of the sixth mass extinction? To better understand what’s to come for life on Earth–and the current harm we’re doing to our own environment–we have to look into the past. But, ...

We may not be living through Earth’s sixth mass extinction event ­­— at least not yet. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of plant and animal extinctions published September 4 in PLOS Biology.

Have you ever felt like your dog had a sixth sense? We know they have outstanding hearing (they’re at our door waiting when we’re a mile away from home) and an unbelievable sense of smell. But they ...

I was watching Ben Krasnow making iron nitride permanent magnets and was struck by the fact that about half of the video was about making a magnetometer – a device for measuring and characterizing the ...

June 6 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for a sixth week in a row for the first time since September 2023, energy services firm Baker Hughes ...

Researchers present new experimental and theoretical results for the bound electron g-factor in lithium-like tin which has a much higher nuclear charge than any previous measurement. The experimental ...

A sixth-grade student at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Boise had a surprising prediction come true when she randomly selected the cardinal who would become the next pope. "They were like, he's the ...

Two US science organizations are launching a new climate research initiative in the wake of the Trump administration dismissing expert authors of the National Climate Assessment. Described in a May 2 ...