Articles By Roxanne Palmer
Chimeric and mosaic animals have starkly different kinds of cells in their bodies, sometimes resulting in breathtaking displays.
We're on the cusp of an era where technological advances could allow Paralympians with souped-up joints and carefully engineered limbs to easily blow past the merely human Olympians - and help ordinary amputees to live extraordinarily normal lives.
A new study describes how distinct populations of bacteria thriving in the substance secreted by hyenas to mark their territory may be what allows them to recognize one another.
Paleontologists examined two skeletons of the extinct wolf-sized predator Sinocalliopteryx gigas and found traces of the dionsaurs' last meals.
MIT scientists think they can help cut down on food waste and frustration with a new non-stick coating that allows ketchup to slide out of the bottle with ease.
In the stellar nursery near the star Rho Ophiuchi, located in the constellation Ophiuchus, researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute detected signatures of the simplest possible sugar in nature, glycolaldehyde.
In a new study, scientists found that antibiotics commonly given to livestock inhibit the activity of helpful, pathogen-killing bacteria used in sausage making.
A new world record has been set near the North Pole - but scientists aren't celebrating.
A prominent pediatric organization points to circumcision's health benefits, but stops short of decreeing that all male infants should go under the knife.
Michael Collins, sometimes called the "forgotten astronaut," flew with Buzz Aldrin and the late Neil Armstrong in Apollo 11, but never set foot on the moon.