Science & Technology

Tobacco hawkmoths can distinguish crucial from irrelevant odors in a complex odorous mixture to locate food sources and host plants for laying their eggs.

Brain scans of people taken while they performed various tasks — and even did nothing — accurately predicted whether they were politically conservative or liberal, according to the largest study of its kind.

Archaeologists have uncovered a 3400-year-old Mittani Empire-era city once located on the Tigris River. The settlement emerged from the waters of the Mosul reservoir early this year as water levels fell rapidly due to extreme drought in Iraq. The exten…

The day is coming — some say has already arrived — when new inventions that benefit society are dreamt up by artificial intelligence all on its own.

Over nearly nine years, the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment captured an unprecedented five and a half million interactions from subatomic particles called neutrinos. Now, the international team of physicists has reported the first result from the …

Researchers find the explanation methods designed to help users determine whether to trust a machine-learning model’s predictions can perpetuate biases and lead to less accurate predictions for people from disadvantaged groups.

Learning how cells in the brain regulate their response to injury and disease is informing the understanding of neurological disorders and uncovering new paths for treatment. Findings from a new study could lead to the development of a broad range of n…

Investigators have identified a gene that plays an essential role in the innate human immune system. The gene, NLRP11, helps activate the inflammatory response that tells the body’s white blood cells to go on the attack against a foreign presence.

The ‘hookup culture’ does not seem to be the norm in real college life, suggests a new study. Rather, young adults are looking for relationships.

Researchers have applied a novel stem cell model to map disease risk variants in human neurons, which could help provide insights into the biological mechanisms that underlie neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia.