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What Bird Song Can Tell Us About the Nature of Dreams

Clues to the evolution of sleep and dreaming may be hiding in avian reveries

How Coffee Affects Your Sex Hormone Levels

And I’ve just been drinking it for the caffeine

August 17, 2026

A Peek Inside the Black Box of Epigenetic Clocks

What are they really measuring?

August 17, 2026

Is This the World’s Oldest Image of a Mind‑altering Plant?

A painted panel deep in a Spanish cave may push the human relationship with mind-altering plants back thousands of years, earlier than anything previously known

August 15, 2026

The Real “Mummy’s Curse” Lurks Online

A booming market for mummified remains poses health risks

August 14, 2026

Where Human Sleep Went Wrong

A conversation with David Samson, evolutionary anthropologist and author of The Sleepless Ape, about how to sleep

August 14, 2026

The Conditions on a US Aircraft Carrier Sound Concerning

Can science point the way toward designing environments to maximize mental health in such situations?

August 14, 2026

How Vipers Got Their Venom

Although it serves as a defense, it’s really all about securing a meal

August 14, 2026

The Extraterrestrial Rings of Bronze Age Greece

Meteorites were hot fashion accessories back then

August 14, 2026

Extreme Space Weather Could Delay Your Next Flight

Researchers say surges in solar activity can wreak havoc on aircraft

August 14, 2026

In Stunning Color, a Celestial “Treasure Chest” Full of Stars

A majestic cometary globule some 7,500 light-years away

August 14, 2026