Prior research has produced mixed results on the question of animals and their susceptibility to optical illusions, per the ...

Naked mole-rats seem to have found nature’s cheat code for longevity. Scientists discovered that small tweaks in one of their ...

What began as a relaxing afternoon of magnet fishing turned into an unforgettable discovery. The team expected to pull up the usual river junk — old tools, nails, and bikes — but when the magnet ...

Have you ever looked at two circles of exactly the same size and sworn one was larger? If so, your eyes have been tricked by ...

Scientists have known for decades that many animals use the Earth's magnetic field for navigation. It's less clear how they do it. A new study suggests earthworms may be a good way to figure it ...

The influential computer scientist Mark Weiser once wrote that “a good tool is an invisible tool. By invisible, I mean that the tool does not intrude on ...