Science

Most people are quite good at distinguishing between the sound of a hot liquid and the sound of a cold...

When it comes to sheer resilience, few, if any, species can match the tiny Devils Hole pupfish.Cyprinodon diabolis, as the...

Tornadoes tend to travel in packs these days, often with a dozen or more forming in the same region on...

Academic conferences are usually staid affairs, but the 1973 International Symposium on Gender Identity, held in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, was an...

The moment has arrived.After years underground, periodical cicadas — insects of the genus Magicicada — are emerging by the trillions...

Spring has sprung, and coming with it is a mass emergence of two broods of cicadas. After more than a...

Most snakes flee or fight when attacked. Then there are the dice snakes of Golem Grad, an island on a...

Ever since the discovery of whale songs almost 60 years ago, scientists have been trying to decipher their lyrics. Are...

In recent years, mental health has become a central subject in childhood and adolescence. Teenagers narrate their psychiatric diagnosis and...

As the third graders of Cumberland Elementary in the Chicago suburbs colored, clipped and glued paper to make cicadas with...