Each queen plotted to conquer all four islands for herself, and war would certainly have begun, if not for the timely intervention of the four queens’ wise and peacemaking daughters. The clever ...

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Demonstrated in rabbits, the 3-D printer might someday print bone grafts directly onto fractures, complete with antibiotics to ease healing.

Dogs that easily learn the names of toys might also mentally sort them by function, a new example of complex cognitive activity in the canine brain.

Saving reproductive tissue from kids treated for cancer before adolescence could give them a chance at having biological children later in life.

Vaccination is still important to ward off the worst of the coronavirus. Three experts discuss the concerns with restricting access.

Results from a large trial suggest baxdrostat could provide a new option for people whose blood pressure remains high despite standard treatment.

ADHD is officially a disorder of deficits in attention, behavior and focus. But patients point out upsides, like curiosity. Research is now catching up.

In Tales of Militant Chemistry, Alice Lovejoy traces how film giants Kodak and Agfa helped produce weapons of war during the 20th century.

A slew of new research attempts to zero in on what happens as our brains get older — and what can bring about those changes early.

At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.

Southeast Asian groups mummified bodies over smoky fires before burying them as early as 12,000 years ago, long before Egyptians began making mummies.