From frogs to orchids, many organisms go dormant or move underground for lengthy stints Brian Handwerk - Science Correspondent A variety of plants and animals go through periods where they are dormant ...

Ever wondered if life itself shines, even if just a little? A fascinating 2024 study published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters by researchers at the University of Calgary and the National ...

Living by the clock is a relatively new concept. It works for some, but others see time as a string of events. Psychologist ...

For the first time, scientists have directly measured “ultraweak” photon emissions from living organisms. In rats this glow fades rapidly after death. In plants it brightens under stress. In the ...

We teamed up with the makers of Frozen Planet II for a science Live Lesson exploring the coldest places on Earth and the ...

All living things, including humans, constantly emit a ghostly glow – and it appears to vanish almost as soon as we die. Monitoring this signal could one day help track forest health or even detect ...

Living things emit a faint ghostly glow throughout their lives that only vanishes when they die, a new study has claimed. For a long time, mystics and spiritualists have claimed to see this mysterious ...

Your gut microbiome is comprised of the microscopic life in your digestive tract and all the things they produce. Some ...

Next week, the unveiling of a revolutionary undersea habitat is set to re-energise marine science and begin a new era of ...

Doctors and life-science companies are looking for alternative approaches to the treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D) ...

Romulus and Remus are doing what puppies do: chasing, tussling, nipping, nuzzling. But there’s something very un-puppylike about the snowy white 6-month olds—their size, for starters. At their young ...