The futuristic entrance to the seed bank leads deep into a frozen mountain, where millions of seeds should be safe from war, warming, and other disasters.
Scientists can determine where you've lived by studying your hair, which holds the unique chemical signature of the water you've been drinking, a new study has found.
Shooting down the out-of-control orbiter would help prevent it from releasing toxic hydrazine gas on impact, experts say—but some skeptics aren't so sure of the danger.
European-Americans are less genetically diverse and have more potentially harmful genetic variations than African-American populations, according to a new study.
Swallowing handfuls of soil before or after eating certain leaves helps chimps in Uganda "self medicate" against the parasite that causes malaria, a new study suggests.
Saving the unusual marsupial's habitat requires cooperation from everyone—right down to the rare animals themselves, scientists in Papua New Guinea find.
Ape researchers are exposing their wild subjects to fatal respiratory diseases, a new study says. But researchers also offer the animals protection from poaching.
The hairless, finger-size animals' numbness to acidic burning sensations could help scientists in their quest to help humans in pain, a new study says.
