When too much of it builds up, it can crystallize painfully in our joints, causing gout, or solidify into kidney stones. In ...

Reptiles' unique ability to crystallize waste into solid uric acid spheres offers a potential breakthrough for human gout and kidney stone sufferers.

It turns out that snakes might hold the secret to tackling one of humanity’s most painful problems, kidney stones. While ...

From quick fixes to miracle cures, wellness influencers promise a lot. How can we discern fact from fiction in a world ...

The story of when, how and why wellness influencers have gained the ability to spread health misinformation on social media.

With a flash of its vivid blue tongue, the blue-tongued skink confuses predators, proving evolution's clever ways to survive.

Researchers shot lasers into brain cells and triggered illusions on demand—a breakthrough that’s rewriting how we see the ...

The back door of the world” By Krista Madsen In my recent essay on a low brow/high brow photographic stunt known ...

These incredible animals seem to defy the laws of physics with the way they transcend time and space, and we are amazed.

Goodall, Fossey and Galdikas are the trimates who've helped us understand all the great apes, including ourselves.

This season, after 14 years of growth, an annual female-led home haunt returns to Iowa City with old favorites and a few new ...

Just when you thought the idea of a snake bite couldn't get scarier, Australian scientists have captured the deadly ...