Science

Small, but fierce and well-armed.

It turns out the “minimal nutritional requirements for life” are quite minimal indeed.

You can learn a lot about someone from their accent.

A tasty question for the ages.

The bird was almost twice the size of the largest living penguin.

To solve crimes, two botanists identify half-digested potatoes, tomatoes, and lettuce under a microscope.

Whatever is causing whales to strand themselves on shore, it's likely a more complicated cocktail of factors.

The famed scientist was known for his habit of using walls as sketchpads.

What looking at animals from the past can tell us about our world now.

A new study highlights how the nutrients in dust feed plants along the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

Researchers have strapped cameras onto raptors to see how they target their prey.

And why some find it harder than others.

Watch as chemical reactions become works of art.

Mutant DNA, cuddling babies for healthy genes, and more news from the microscopic world.

We've come a long way from 19th-century mummy "unwrapping parties."

Dr. George Milstein believed that all plants needed to grow was water, sunlight, nutrients, and a swinging-Sixties soundtrack.