Scientists

A plant with no brain, no neurons, and no nervous system appears to count. That is the central finding by William & Mary psychology professor Peter Vishton and his former student Paige Bartosh. Working with Mimosa pudica,…

By Will DunhamMay 14 (Reuters) - Along a meandering river in a warm and arid region that is now Thailand roughly 113 million years ago, a plant-eating behemoth almost 90 feet (27 meters) long browsed on the treetops without much fear of…

A cataclysmic volcanic eruption is one of the most violent and disruptive things our planet can do.Vast clouds of ash and gas burst into the atmosphere, while blisteringly hot molten rock surges upward and rolls across the surface,…

Earth’s mantle appears to be leaking a little along Central Africa. If this continues to develop, this rift could grow into a new tectonic plate boundary—splitting the African continent in half. In a Frontiers in Earth…

In January 2022, the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in the South Pacific produced one of the most powerful eruptions in modern history. But scientists have now discovered that the eruption also triggered an unexpected…

Paleontologists have uncovered ancient fossils of a previously unknown aquatic arthropod suggest that the ancestors of modern myriapods, creatures like centipedes and millipedes, developed their characteristic many legs while still…

A bacteria-inspired therapy disrupts cancer cell energy production and shows strong results in early studies. Credit: ShutterstockA newly developed therapy inspired by bacteria residing within tumors offers a different way to combat…

Researchers have uncovered a stunning similarity between the hunting strategies of electric eels in the Amazon rainforest and orcas in the open ocean. The study reveals that both predators and their prey utilize a unique form of…

Move over, coked-up salmon. Fish dosed with psilocybin, the psychoactive component found in magic mushrooms, showed less aggression toward peers compared to their normal behavior in laboratory experiments, according to…

Move over, coked-up salmon. Fish dosed with psilocybin, the psychoactive component found in magic mushrooms, showed less aggression toward peers compared to their normal behavior in laboratory experiments, according to…