Several brain regions, and not just one, are involved in mystical and religious experiences.

If not applied often enough, a sunscreen can actually enhance the effects of UV radiation, according to a new study.

Scientists learn how the brain assigns meaning and files the things our eyes see.

The breakthrough suggests a way to save endangered species. As a strange aside, it produced rats that glow green.

Scientists have yoked bacteria to power rotary motors, the first microscopic mechanical devices to successfully incorporate living microbes together with inorganic parts.

An international team of scientists has discovered the first pieces of fossil-bearing amber—preserving an exceptional diversity of insect, arachnid, and plant species—in the western Amazonian basin.