For The Better

Violence and warfare were widespread in many Neolithic communities across Northwest Europe, a period associated with the adoption of farming, new research suggests. Of the skeletal remains of more than 2300 early farmers from 180 sites dating from arou…

The electrical potential across the bacterial cell envelope indicates when bacteria no longer operate as individual cells but as a collective. Researchers have discovered this connection between the electrical properties and the lifestyle of bacteria. …

African rhino numbers are declining at unsustainable rates in core state-run parks which is why more than half the continent’s remaining rhinos are now on private land.

A new study has identified the impact that fleeting natural events, such as sunrises and sunsets, can have on people, and sought to quantify their effects. Researchers used the latest computer graphics to show carefully controlled images of both urban …

Ants are social insects and the Solenopsis invicta species — known as the fire ant — is no exception. The social interactions of this invasive insect, which comes from South America, are framed within the context of the theory of Active Matter, which…

Researchers are building detailed maps of colorectal cancer to better understand the dynamics of the disease.

Scientists reveal how a methane-generating microbe can grow on toxic sulfite without becoming poisoned.

Researchers demonstrate that a bacteria can be modified to act as ‘living medicine’ in the lung. The treatment significantly reduced acute lung infections in mice and doubled their survival rate. It showed no signs of toxicity in the lungs and once the…