Can you imagine seeing things in your mind? Can you hear an inner voice when you think or read? If not, you might have "deep aphantasia".

Blowing off steam may do more harm than good.

Scientists are proposing this “inland archipelago” of 30 isolated mountains is a new “ecoregion” that is home to hundreds of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth.

After early humans traveled out of Africa 70,000 years ago, they had a "hub" on the so-called Persian plateau, a new study suggests.

Nature chiefs hope the birds will breed on-site for the first time in its 49-year history.

Soil contains about twice as much carbon as the atmosphere and plants combined. It is a major carbon sink, capable of absorbing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it releases. Management of ...

People with aphantasia can’t imagine seeing things in their mind. People with ‘deep aphantasia’ may have no inner voice, either, and different real-world visual experiences.

The same class of artificial intelligence that made headlines coding software and passing the bar exam has learned to read a different kind of text—the genetic code.

Take the plunge into your next level of growth.

A once-independent bacterium has evolved into an organelle that provides nitrogen to algal cells – an event so rare that there are only three other known cases

Taxonomy experts are working to classify the finds found partly by an Essex-based researcher.

Infants whose mothers display higher sensitivity during interactions show enhanced brain activity in response to happy faces, highlighting the importance of nurturing caregiving in the early development of emotional and social competencies.

One of the earliest warnings of cognitive decline.

Modern Eurasian sheep predominantly belong to only two so-called genetic matrilineages inherited through the ewes, so previous research has assumed that genetic diversity must already have decreased rapidly ...

For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in symbiosis with plant roots. Plants provide photosynthesized carbon, while fungi deliver water and nutrients. In order to do so, these organisms share ...

Ancient prophecies of worlds destroyed by fire are becoming realities. How will we respond?

Common eastern bumblebee queens’ ability while hibernating could help it endure flooding, scientists say

‘Poorton coin hoard’, discovered under floor by Betty and Robert Fooks, expected to fetch £35,000 at auction

A component of the human intestinal flora that has been little studied to date is the focus of a new study from Germany. Plasmids are small extrachromosomal genetic elements that frequently occur in bacterial ...

A site in Siberia has evidence of human presence 417,000 years ago, raising the possibility that hominins could have reached North America much earlier than we thought