According to a team of botanists from Tel Aviv University who uncovered this odd phenomenon, the secret is in the way the plants receive information from light. Your light receptors are located on the ...

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The Nikon Small World photography contest doesn’t celebrate weather, wildlife, or natural landscapes. Instead, it’s meant to honor images of the world at the smallest possible scales, offering unique ...

Chronic knee pain seems like a fact of life as we get older. According to some estimates, roughly a quarter of people living in the United States currently suffer from it. If you’ve experienced it, ...

Part of the art and science of astrophotography is figuring out when certain flying objects in the sky are going to line up for a photo opportunity. And few photographs demonstrate it better than AJ ...

The discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings started with the top of a staircase. On November 4, 1922, archaeologists led by Englishman Howard Carter cleared away rubble that ...

Ever wondered why a bad night’s sleep can leave you irritable, anxious or sad? Poor sleep affects our emotions, but its timing also plays a role. Our circadian rhythms are nearly 24-hour cycles that ...

Have you ever taken months off training—maybe due to an injury, a new baby, or crushing work deadlines—and come back convinced you were starting from zero? Research from our team has some good news: ...

“Good, thanks. Ate some great food. Saw the sights. Really managed to unwind. Oh, and I discovered a 120-million-year-old dinosaur footprint.” That’s the story 32-year-old Pichai Prathetsena can tell ...

In the early first century, a mighty king ruled the Atrebates tribe located in southern Britain: King Verica, son of Commius. As a client king of the Roman Empire, King Verica had a powerful ally in ...

A group of horses is called a “herd,” unless they’ve been ritually sacrificed. Then they’re called a “spectral cavalcade.” The term comes from writings of the Greek historian Herodotus describing the ...