In the natural world, animals rely on perceiving a range of signals to survive—and for insects, olfactory cues are particularly critical. These scents guide them to vital resources like mates, food, ...

“Repulsion,” the 1965 horror film starring Catherine Deneuve, screened on Feb. 7 as part of a double feature at Harvard Square’s Brattle Theatre. The plot centers around a young French woman, Carol ...

Materials can assume completely different properties depending on temperature, pressure, electrical voltage or other physical quantities. In theoretical solid-state physics, state-of-the-art computer ...

Because tree seedlings don’t grow as well when close to their parents, more tree species can be packed into tropical forests. For ecologists, tropical rainforests hold many enigmas. A single hectare ...