Himanshu Goenka

A popular theory, called the cognitive buffer hypothesis, says large brains were a result of the need to quickly cope with frequent or unexpected changes to the environment.

Well-known astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson took a look at some of the science in the popular show and posted his comments on Twitter.

Researchers put guppies in stressful situations and saw different reactions among individuals, suggesting complex and varying personalities.

While we now know that the most energetic particles of their kind have extragalactic origins, we still don’t know exactly where these cosmic rays come from.

A study being conducted by the European Space Agency will simulate some of those effects by keeping volunteers in bed constantly for 60 days.

The finding, which surprised the researchers who made the discovery, was based on analyzing the fossilized feces of dinosaurs that lived about 75 million years ago.

Astronomers use our knowledge of our home galaxy and its surroundings to create models for the rest of the universe, but that may be inherently problematic.

The competition to develop a more effective sensor than current technologies is being held by NASA, along with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Most birds don’t have genitalia as part of their anatomy, but some ducks and swans are exceptions, with the males having long spiraling penises.

The emblematic scavenging bird went extinct in the wild in 1987 and is listed as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

The announcement from the heavy-duty electric vehicle space came days ahead of Tesla’s expected launch of its all-electric truck.

While black hole binaries are not uncommon, only one pair of orbiting supermassive black holes had been known so far.

Vertebrate species in the so-called Goldilocks zone for size — neither too small nor too big — are at the lowest risk of going extinct, a study found.

Oxygen makes up almost 21 percent of the planet’s present-day atmosphere, but didn’t exist in its free form at all for about half of Earth’s current lifespan.

Researchers from University of Sydney have created a microchip that converts data from photons into acoustics and then back to the optical domain, and it could change the way computers work.

The theory to explain the evolutionary basis for ageing, instead of living forever, has been around for a long time, but scientists now have actual evidence at the level of genes to prove it.

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen performed extensive computer simulations of star formation models and said their study could also describe planet formation better.

The annual awards for “improbable research” were handed out Thursday, and included theories on why old men have big ears and playing the didgeridoo as a treatment for sleep apnea.

According to two new studies, children as young as preschoolers were more likely to cheat if they were praised, as opposed to simply being told they performed well.

Scientists have identified neurons in the brain, which when triggered or suppressed, can increase or decrease the desire to drink water — a basic instinct shared by most living beings.

Elon Musk shared a compilation video late Wednesday night of previously unseen footage of the company’s rockets exploding while attempting to land, along with funny comments.

Scientists from the University of Houston created a stretchable electronic material that has numerous potential applications, including in robotics and medicine.

A new study compared the speeds of movement of elephants during daytime and nighttime, as well as mortality data, over 10 years in northern Kenya.

Astrophysicists have devised a new method to study these distant and mysterious objects that does not require any new instruments or data, but instead exploits the discrepancies in existing observations.

Irrespective of where you get your tattoo, nanoparticles from the ink could travel to the lymph nodes in the body, which are an important part of the overall immune system.

The Cassini spacecraft has been studying the Saturn system since 2004 and the mission comes to an end Sept. 15, when it will fall into the planet’s atmosphere and burn up.

On the 16th anniversary of the attacks, NASA released images captured by its satellites and by U.S. astronaut Frank Culbertson, who was aboard the International Space Station at the time.

Narrow jets, originating from galactic centers where supermassive black holes usually reside, typically form in opposing pairs and are among the most energetic outbursts observed in the universe.

These stellar explosions — used to measure the acceleration of the universe’s expansion — have been long known, but we didn’t know exactly how they were caused.