Golden apple snails can regrow full, functional eyes. Studying their genes may reveal how to repair human eye injuries.

Government agencies are rapidly adopting AI, but experts warn the push may outpace privacy safeguards and leave data vulnerable to leaks and attacks.

One exercise outperformed walking, resistance training and aerobic exercise in the treatment of sleep disorders such as insomnia.

The unique architecture of some ball-like plants high in trees in Fiji lets violent ants live peacefully and feed the plant with valuable droppings.

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The recommended age for starting colorectal cancer screening is now 45. That shift may explain a rise in early cases.

A mysterious disease has been turning sea stars into goo since 2013. Now, there’s a leading suspect behind the killings — a bacterium called Vibrio pectenicida, researchers report August 4 in Nature ...

The superclouds probably produce star-forming clouds of gas, since most nearby stellar nurseries are located within the giants.

Probiotics containing Lactobacillus gasseri Lg-36 prevented C. difficile infections in mice, but L. acidophilus probiotics made infection more likely.

Maggots on rotting meat may have given Neandertals’ a fatty, nitrogen-rich boost, a study of their bones suggests.

These star-shredding black holes sit within dusty galaxies that block many telescopes’ views. That’s not an issue for JWST.

A trove of fossils, including a penis worm with a spiked, invertible throat, suggests this spot may have been a cradle of Cambrian evolution.