A centromere is a specific region on a chromosome that ensures that, when a cell divides, the chromosome separates accurately so each new cell receives the correct amount of genetic material. Despite ...

I’m going to let you in on a secret. Every cell in your body has the potential to get smarter. I don’t mean this metaphorically, or in a “body keeps the score” kind of way. I mean that if lab-coated ...

The extreme investigators at How to Survive explore the ultimate strategies and essential skills needed to endure when you are the last human left on Earth. Psychology says people who check their ...

Masai Russell added a world record to her Olympic gold medal.

Fueled by strong winds, dry air and high temperatures, the fires jumped the Spokane River and spread into northwest Spokane on Saturday. The Old Trails Fire started around noon but quickly spread ...

China’s humanoid robots are achieving superhuman feats of athleticism. But how that translates into the real world is still ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. When you speak, your lungs push air up your ...

Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski took the ball Sunday and every time that happens, we're in for a strikeout show. Sure enough, he struck out six through his first three innings. His fifth strikeout was ...

Some 50,000 years ago, modern humans wandered into Ice Age Europe. The continent was new to us Homo sapiens, but not for beings of our general kind. Neanderthals and their ancestors had been living ...

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has surpassed 4,000, according to government data, as the world’s second-largest outbreak shows no sign of slowing. As ...