T he blooming of a titan arum, or corpse plant, is a spectacle like none other in the plant world. A pale spike resembling ...

A trumpet-shaped, single-celled organism seems able to predict one thing will follow another, hinting that such associative learning emerged long before multicellular nervous systems ...

Much more difficult is learning to connect different types of stimuli or events, and predicting that one is linked to another. Such associative learning was most famously demonstrated when Ivan Pavlov ...

Researchers at the University of Michigan have revealed that cells use a previously unknown feat of molecular craftsmanship ...

To survive in areas where it is difficult to photosynthesize, some organisms adopt unique strategies. Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have found that a freshwater alga captures far-red light ...

In today’s world, questions about the existence of more complex life forms on Mars have become more prominent because there ...

In my 30s I find myself more comfortable in my body and have had the privilege of having partners who have allowed me to explore the levels of pleasure my body can bask in. I suspect that, even at 36, ...

When native plants thrive, the entire ecosystem thrives, too. What to know about native plants, and how they are crucial to our ecosystems first appeared on The Cool Down.

During our breakup, I slept with quite a few women. My girlfriend knows the broad strokes, but doesn’t want details. No ...

A program to which users attribute human characteristics can manipulate them much more easily.” –Andrzej Porębski, MD ...

Seawalls are great at protecting property and people. A new nature-inspired seawall add-on is trying to make them better at ...

Decades-old oil drilling may still be impacting rivers and streams today, with researchers finding biodiversity declines tied to wells.