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Crystals are supposed to be the very embodiment of order, yet some of the most striking examples of crystalline behavior are shapes that seem to...

Scientists have recovered whole genomes of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Typhi, the bacterium that causes typhoid fever, directly from an urban river flowing through Johannesburg, South Africa....

For decades, neuroscientists have marveled at one of the brain’s most striking tricks: when hearing is lost early in life, the auditory cortex does not...

In the humid, carefully calibrated world of greenhouse production, one of the most stubborn problems is invisible to the naked eye. Phosphorus, the macronutrient that...

For women who carry pathogenic variants in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, one of the most consequential decisions in preventive medicine is whether to undergo...

When a critically ill newborn is rushed from a community hospital to a specialized neonatal intensive care unit, the emergency transport that follows is dramatic,...

Every cut, burn, and surgical incision sets off one of the most sophisticated repair programs in biology, and yet chronic wounds that refuse to heal...

Robots, augmented reality headsets, and warehouse automation systems all share a deceptively simple need: knowing exactly where an object is and how it is oriented...

For millions of families caring for a loved one with dementia at home, one of the most agonizing uncertainties is not the diagnosis itself but...

How does the brain know that the same snake deserves calm curiosity at the zoo and a hasty retreat on a wilderness trail? This everyday...

The explosive rise of GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs has transformed obesity medicine, but it has also created a quiet problem for the scientists trying to...

A humanoid robot has learned to walk across grass, wood chips and a steep fifteen-degree ramp without cameras, LiDAR, or any other external sensor —...

More than half of adults seeking treatment for eating disorders may be living with undiagnosed attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, according to a new cross-sectional study conducted at...

Rice feeds more than half of humanity, yet its harvests are under constant siege from fungal pathogens that destroy crops ranging from seedling fields to...

Corn feeds billions of people and underpins a vast global agricultural economy, yet the leaves of the crop tell a story that farmers have always...