In 1993, Green started compiling 500 years of English slang by sifting through mountains of primary sources. The culmination was Green’s Dictionary of Slang, a three-volume reference set containing 10 ...

"Barking" up the right tree! Here's how an Australian team found that microbes found in tree bark may have a bigger influence ...

Serling then went on to say that the prime example of sci-fi TV prior to "The Twilight Zone" was the 1950s series "Tales of Tomorrow," which boasted adaptations of stories by H.G. Wells, Mary Shelley, ...

Walk down the aisles of many grocery stores and you're liable to see claims about products that are "good for gut health," from yogurt and kombucha to supplements and even sodas. But despite its ...

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.

In the whole history of Earth's climate, few events are as extreme as those that geologists call "Snowball Earth." ...

An international panel led by UC Davis professor Maria Marco defines “gut health” for the first time, offering a scientific framework for medicine, research and consumer claims.

The most widely accepted scientific explanation for the arrival of all complex life on Earth has had an unsolved mystery at its heart. According to the theory, all plants, animals and fungi, known ...

Messages get jumbled because memory is reconstructive, cognitive biases shape interpretation, and social context alters how ...

One day in March of 1948, George Hickinbottom, a British sailor , was walking around the docks of Stonecutters Island in Hong ...

A new study focused on cryptic species—animals that look the same but are genetically different—found that they’re more widespread among vertebrates than we previously thought.