Ever wondered how your brain picks up new song lyrics, remembers your office password, or learns the steps to that new dance trend? Scientists have long known that learning reshapes the brain, but exactly how has remained a captivating mystery. Now, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have

What if your shoes could tell you more about your health than your smartwatch ever could? Thanks to an exciting breakthrough, that possibility may soon become reality. Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a smart insole system that can track how you walk, run, and stand—and possibly how

Chimpanzees rhythmically drum to communicate in forests, which might indicate that musicality predates our species. They use regular spacing between drum hits and do so with a sense of rhythm. The findings show distinct drumming rhythms in two distinct subspecies of chimpanzees —eastern and western chimpanzees. According to scientists, the

Imagine capturing a glimpse of a deep-sea legend—something no human has ever seen alive in its natural habitat. That dream turned into reality this March when scientists aboard the research vessel Falkor (too) recorded the first confirmed footage of a colossal squid in the wild—and not just any colossal squid,

Luna moths are beautiful in themselves, with twisted or cupped streamers, which are ribbony ends present in the hind wings. For the first time, biologists have established a link between the tail-like streamers and warm weather. Wing streamers with twisting or cupped ends have evolved independently at least five times

What if parrots are more like us than we ever imagined? Scientists have discovered that budgerigars—a species of small, colorful parrots—use a brain system strikingly similar to humans when they “talk.” This groundbreaking finding, reported in Nature, suggests that these chatty birds may hold the key to unlocking how speech

Arctic springs bring a large number of hatchlings as millions of birds come along to raise their offspring. This tradition started around 73 million years ago, and birds raised their young alongside dinosaurs. Birds have existed for 150 million years; for half of that period, they have nested in the