They roll toward the beach, burst into foam, then retreat only to return again. But where do waves come from? It's not the sea "breathing," nor a giant blowing on it... The answer is both simple and ...

At first glance, feathers may seem like simple parts of a bird’s body. But if you look closer—under a microscope or through a scientific lens—they reveal an intricate story of evolution, biology, and ...

Scientists believe that simple molecules of short fatty chains of fewer than 10 carbon-carbon bonds (complex fatty chains can have nearly twice that many bonds) were abundant on early Earth. However, ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. A variety of factors determine how well you’re aging, ...

They reasoned that time provides a window into how events are formed: when people successfully reconstruct the order of a sequence, it suggests these items are linked within a single memory. In ...

Aging brings on a barrage of changes to the mind and body — all of them seemingly happening at once. This bombardment makes it difficult to measure how well our bodies are holding up to the test of ...

The first spark of cellular life on Earth likely needed gift packaging. Let me explain. With the holidays around the corner, we’re all beginning to order presents. Each is carefully packaged inside a ...

Amazon.com’s finance teams are using generative AI in new ways to more efficiently comply with complex tax regulations, help evaluate the financial impact of new products and better analyze changes in ...