Researchers calculate different cats' life expectancies (Pixabay) Kittens in the UK have an average life expectancy of 11.7 years, but Burmese or Birman [...]

Sedentary childhood tied to heart damage A study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology found that an increase in sedentary time [...]

Youth vaping linked to increased metal exposure A study published in the journal Tobacco Control suggested that frequent teen vaping might boost the [...]

Footprints reveal new 5-meter raptor species in China Fossil footprints in China indicate a previously unidentified raptor species, Fujianipus yingliangi, that was 5 [...]

Ocean temperature rise threatens world's biggest ice shelf (Josh Landis/Getty Images) Ocean warming of half a degree Celsius was enough to set off [...]

Study: US landfills produce more methane than thought US landfills are emitting about 40% more methane than previously documented, according to a study [...]

Measurements from space to gauge Earth's biodiversity Montana State University researcher Anna Schweiger will use data collected on the International Space Station to [...]

Music elicits physical responses in study (Pixabay) Music listeners feel physical sensations in the heart when chord progressions surprise them, and they feel [...]

How did zoo animals react to the eclipse? (Pixabay) Birds, big cats, primates and other animals at zoos exhibited unusual behavior during the [...]

Ancient wood tools carve clearer picture of early hominins Wooden tools, from broken spears to domestic implements, indicate that early hominins hunted horses [...]