The rate of development of poikilothermic animals, such as insects, fish, and reptiles, is determined by environmental temperature. A research team has recently demonstrated how temperature can affect ...

New research is reshaping our understanding of one of nature’s most stunning yet destructive phenomena —  massive swarms of desert locusts.

Density functional theory (DFT) is a cornerstone tool of modern physics, chemistry, and engineering used to explore the ...

Mainstream economists claim that in order to “do economics,” they must collect data and then see where it leads them. However ...

Science skepticism is rising. Learn why people distrust science—and how to think critically in a world full of misinformation ...

The inevitability of variation in human behavior is a phenomenon psychologists have long recognized and developed statistical ...

Teaching machines in the way that animal trainers mold the behavior of dogs or horses has been an important method for developing artificial intelligence and one that was recognized Wednesday with the ...

Serial murder, which literally means killing people one after another, is committed by many types of individuals in various ways. Serial sexual murderers are the type of serial killer we know the most ...

THIS book is based on the theory that the economic man attempts to maximize his share of the world's goods and services in the same way that a participant in a game involving many players attempts ...

Visiting professor of chemistry, Cornell University, 1957-58. Research carried out at Brookhaven National Laboratory under the auspices of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Note: The article usage is ...