Nsikan Akpan

In the 2002 movie Minority Report, Tom Cruise plays with a futuristic computer like a maestro. With a flick o…

Challenging a favored theory, measurements suggest that electrostatic interactions make gecko feet superstick…

Genome sequencing links a new, virulent strain of mold to the 2013 Chobani yogurt recall.

Crabs can absorb microplastic particles through their gills and by eating polluted mussels.

Chilling to subzero temperatures greatly increased survival time of rats' organs outside the body.

A river in North Carolina shrank after a hemlock woolly adelgid eradicated eastern hemlock trees in the regio…

Hotshot jet pilots are no match for cliff swallows. The acrobatic migratory birds rocket over bridges and ski…

Tastes are a privilege. The oral sensations not only satisfy foodies, but also on a primal level, protect ani…

US dogs face a deadly threat from algae-spawned toxins lurking in lakes, but there may be an antidote.

Where are you from? Naming a childhood town is an easy reply for many, but for an adopted child or young refu…

Move over, Sherlock Holmes. There is a new master of disguise-and it's a plant. Camouflage and mimicry are us…

Get the measles vaccine, and you won't get the measles-or give it to anyone else. Right? Well, not always. A …

They were crushed. Without warning, 520 million years ago an ancient tsunami or storm trapped 50 shrimplike c…

Walking backward may seem a simple task, but researchers don't know how the mind controls this behavior. A st…

It may be an awkward question, but male St. Andrew's Cross spiders ( Argiope keyserlingi) need to know how ma…

Gonorrhea passes from person to person thanks to some clever hitchhiking. For 40 years, researchers thought t…

Dragonflies are full of surprises. They have six legs, but most can't walk. Their giant, 30,000-lens eyes can…

Petrified human feces from the 14th century have revealed the earliest evidence of an arms race in the human …

A genetic investigation into the illegal trade of sailfin dragons has unearthed a surprise: a new species of …

Hidden ruins are customary in the wild jungles of South America or on the white shores of the Mediterranean S…

When they must travel, South African leeches ( Marsupiobdella africana) prefer to catch a crab. Unlike many l…

Wildlife veterinarians working on Chile's remote Guafo Island discovered fatal heart damage, known as cardiom…

A comic book for doctors by a doctor.

Many of us have been there. One day you're staring in the mirror or combing your hair, when suddenly you find…