Joy—fleeting woo-hoo moments like "catching the perfect wave"—is felt by many diverse animals, and researchers want to know how they express it in various situations and why.

Inspired by the microscopic structures on gecko feet, scientists have created an artificial material that can strongly adhere to surfaces without using glue or residue. The effect comes from millions ...

Lewy body diseases -- Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies -- should be defined as neuronal alpha-synuclein disease, not as clinical syndromes, a new position paper proposed. "Parkinson's ...

Scientists set out to understand all the ways the animals use their eight appendages. It wasn’t easy. By Kate Golembiewski The eight arms of an octopus are right there in its name. But these ...

A new ruling by the Supreme Court in the UK says the legal definition of a woman is rooted in biological sex, rather than what gender a person identifies as, when it comes to the Equality Act 2010. It ...

London — In a potential landmark decision, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that in a 2010 civil rights law called the Equality Act, the word "woman" refers to someone's biological sex. The five ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

Protein-degrader structure and function have been captured in unprecedented detail. Protein degraders are recognized as an exciting avenue for drug discovery and development, providing targeted ...