A new study in PLOS Biology of 133 species of flies, mosquitoes and their relatives shows that most species fly in surprisingly similar ways. Physical and aerodynamic laws shape the evolution of their ...

Ancient animal skulls unearthed in a Caribbean cave have revealed a surprising chapter in bee history. For the first time, ...

The evolutionary paths that created snatching forelimbs in insects multiple times moved in a similar direction but didn't end ...

Today:Early fog in the far southwest clears quickly. Most areas stay dry with sunshine and variable cloud, though northern and northeastern regions may see isolated showers. Light winds overall, ...

This is a month to look out for some powerful new books, with authors taking on challenges of all sorts and imagining whole new worlds. There are fresh ways to think about a cancer diagnosis, a book ...

This makes the third time in just two weeks that a major mainstream or scientific outlet published credible nonsense about acupuncture, but I had to cover it after dozens of people e-mailed me about ...

Weapons come and go in Fortnite: Battle Royale, but you can always count on a new arsenal of loot in every season. Following the launch of Chapter 6: Season 4, we've compiled our favorite weapons in ...

As you cover beach season stories, Chapman University’s 2023 Survey of American Fears offers a depth of data to the narrative. A trend has emerged: sharks are more feared than public speaking and ...

Objectives To describe the population presenting to out-of-hours primary care with insect bites, establish their clinical management and the factors associated with antibiotic prescribing. Design An ...

Adi Utarini had her first of two bouts of dengue fever in 1986, when she was still a medical student. Within a few hours, she spiked a temperature of 104 degrees Fahrenheit and couldn’t stand up, ...

Darwin has already shown his reader the power of artificial selection and the exquisite variation that exists in nature. In Chapter III he asks how varieties can become full species. Crucial to this ...