A new device stops hiccups without silly home remedies
The device consists of a drinking tube with a mouthpiece and a pressurized valve at the bottom
Worker ants traded their wings for immense strength
A new study uses high resolution X-rays to study ant morphology
World's highest-dwelling mammal discovered on top of a Chilean volcano
The yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse was found nearly a kilometer higher than scientists thought possible for mammals
Whale sharks' huge bodies mean they've never really been cold-blooded
Studying these enormous animals requires close collaboration between scientists and aquariums
Oil spills melt the superpowers of the double-crested cormorant
Birds have to work harder to stay warm after being repeatedly exposed to spilled oil, study finds
Horses lose four of their toes in the womb
About four weeks after conception, horse embryos still have five toes, just like humans
The lifesaving transplant organ you're waiting on may go missing in transit
A new investigation finds that many organs are critically delayed while being shipped on commercial airliners
Warmer, less oxygenated water is a tough environment for fish
Researchers are doing experiments to understand how zebrafish deal with environmental stress
Silver-haired bats wake up, re-heat their bodies, and flee when attacked
They can warm themselves up faster than any other mammal, increasing the odds that they escape incoming predators
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Climate change is almost too big a problem to study. The solution? Volcanoes.
Volcanoes blanketed by tropical rainforests are a natural laboratory to study climate change
70 years ago, physicians used a heart defect to fix blue babies
The Blalock-Taussig shunt solves one congenital heart disease by recreating a second one
Meet Nobel Prize winner Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, who let doctors see into your blood
Her radioimmunoassay technique enabled scientists to measure hundreds of trace biological substances for the first time
David Hu sells quirky research with an apartment full of snakes
"How To Walk On Water And Climb Up Walls" welcomes readers to the strange world of biolocomotion
The slap-dash nature of evolution makes entertaining reading
Nathan Lents' new book details the accidental, incidental nature of human quirks
Can exercise counteract the effects of aging on our muscles?
New research is making it seem increasingly likely – to a point
Turkeys on treadmills are helping anthropologists test the fossil record
Walk like a person, talk like a turkey
In science, failure can be a blessing. Just look at Viagra
The little blue pill started life as a failed treatment for chest pain