When most people think about science, they conjure images of pipettes, sterile equipment, and people in white lab coats. But science is a messy and human endeavor driven by obsession, courage, and ...

The Okefenokee Swamp is the largest black water swamp in North America, and provides habitat for animals like American alligators and blue herons. Credit: Megan Varner via Getty Images In April, more ...

Most of us don’t wake up dreaming about joining a clinical trial. For decades, research was something that happened to other people: the hyper-healthy, the terminally curious, folks with more time on ...

While neurotic robots are a staple of science fiction — just think of C-3PO in Star Wars or Marvin in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — they haven't really been a focus of research into how ...