14 scientific facts you probably didn't know

The world is full of surprising facts about the Earth and how we interact with it, even when we don’t understand or appreciate what happens around us. We use a bit of science to sort out the millions ...
Discover Wildlife

It’s a slimy, brainless creature that stalks prey, navigates mazes and creates elaborate transport networks more efficient than our own

These tiny microorganisms come together to create large, multicellular networks capable of navigating mazes and re-routing transport ...
Discover Wildlife

"Raiding parties are the soldiers, bearing enormous heads armed with long, scissor-like mandibles capable of dismantling prey piece by piece..."

At the business end of these raiding parties are the soldiers, bearing enormous heads armed with long, scissor-like mandibles capable of dismantling prey piece by piece. Their prey range is ...
Live Science

'That's why there's 9 billion of us and not 9 billion of some other primate': Why our ability to adapt is humanity's 'superpower'

Live Science spoke with Herman Pontzer, an evolutionary anthropologist and author of the book "Adaptable," about the science of human diversity.