Sharks might not be a natural biological group, with most species potentially closer kin to rays than to an oddball group of sharks.

A comprehensive analysis of submissions to the preprint server bioRxiv has revealed a steady growth in the number of scientists uploading their findings to the platform — while neuroscientists have ...

If confirmed in people, the finding might lead to gut-targeted therapies that could reverse cognitive decline.

Some researchers are sounding the alarm over the official data sets that track crucial aspects of life in the United States, ...

At the heart of today’s artificial-intelligence models are vast bodies of training data — text, videos and images created by real people and used to teach models how to recognize patterns and generate ...

Collaboration between researchers and religious leaders led to a cut in the likelihood of early marriage by 80%.

Black smoke from a burning oil depot engulfs the Tehran skyline. Credit: Hassan Ghaedi/Anadolu via Getty. Thick, toxic smoke ...

A study reveals how the asexual Amazon molly defies evolutionary expectations — plus, evidence of what might be powering superluminous supernovae.

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