Computer modeling confirms that soil filters — long used as a safety net against cracks in the dam's soil — perform well in the face of strong shaking.

River basin storage data from on high are excellent indicators of overflow potential

Some Brazilian bees warn would-be competitors that their prime source of food will be fiercely defended if they show up to the site.

Robert Dudley discusses his new book, the evidence that our attraction to alcohol is an evolutionary adaptation, and what this means for efforts to prevent alcohol abuse.

Computers — and social media — still have a long way to go before they can really figure out human emotions.

Common ancestors of Han Chinese and Tibetans interbred with a mysterious human-like group and picked up a unique gene variant that later helped them adapt to a low-oxygen environment.

People are faster at navigating tactile technology when using both hands and fingers, and the vision impaired have an advantage over those with sight.

Gabrielino-Tongva descendants learn Tongva through professor's Facebook page.

Some natural compounds closely mimic toxic man-made chemicals that disrupt human hormones.

Method using lasers and optical trapping system is breakthrough in theoretical physics.

About 300 have been spotted around the state and are likely pets set free.

Four years after falling in love with the cute little mollusk, graduate student Lindsey Dougherty has unlocks its secret.