We're learning new things about this ancient, mythical army.

Some snakes cartwheel away from danger at remarkable speeds.

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With no assigned goals, AI agents created their own challenges — and learned from them.

Tadalafil kept muscle precursor cells multiplying, but delayed their transformation into mature muscle fibers.

From rejected batches to renewable fuels, researchers are exploring how ice cream makers could reuse ingredients they discard.

An uninvited encounter in orbit exposes a new vulnerability in the war over satellite intelligence.

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How Danish sperm became central to the global donor industry.

The burial site also held three horse skeletons, a young bull, and a possible human sacrifice, hinting at some bizarre funerary rituals.

Research suggests collagen peptides may strengthen tendons and ease joint pain, but benefits remain uncertain.

A startling date reveals the strange, complicated lives of dogs in an empire before the Incas.

Naturalists thought they'd found a spider killed by a parasitic fungus. Then it moved.

Plastic can fool nature’s cleanup crew, but one bacterial enzyme knows exactly where to bite.

Scientists discovered that psilocybin can make one of nature's most aggressive fish surprisingly mellow.

A radical rethink of honey bee biology challenges how scientists understand swarming and even beekeeping.

In a reported world first, a modified military drone carried a wounded soldier to safety.

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Tiny mushroom peptides could help food taste salty without adding more sodium.

Clay tablets reveal why schoolwork doubled as worship in ancient Babylonia.

The membrane uses hydrogen and palladium to dismantle troublesome PFAS.

Heating fusion fuel before increasing its density could make ignition easier.

Conspicuously missing fossils are leading scientists to rethink exactly when animals came on the scene.