University of Sydney researchers have shown that brainless slime molds can remember where they've been and navigate a maze using excreted chemicals as a memory system.
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Britain's Sir John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan for their discovery that mature, specialised cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent stem cells.
No, this article isn't about the post-apocalyptic world of the Walking Dead. However, urban coyotes and other large carnivores are currently eyeing US cities as a possible site for food and shelter.
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle is looking a little, well, uncertain, with the discovery that observation needn't disturb systems as much as thought.
Duck-billed dinosaurs had amazingly complex teeth - much more so than those of cows, horses, and other modern grazers - allowing them to chew tough and abrasive plants with great efficiency.
Archaeologists working in Guatemala say they've discovered the tomb of Lady K'abel, a seventh-century queen considered one of the greatest Mayan rulers.
There's been a ten-fold increase in the number of fraud-related retractions of biomedical papers since 1975, putting paid to the idea that it's usually just a case of owning up to an inadvertent error.
We’ve been hearing so much about the end of the world lately, especially with all this talk about the Mayan calendar, which predicts the world will end on December 21.
A team of Japanese scientists has reportedly managed to synthesize element 113, which the researchers have temporarily dubbed "ununtrium," or one-one-three.
