Tom Gauld on arriving late to the party

Scientists discover migration-mediated mechanism enabling bacteria-virus coexistence

Bacteria and the viruses that infect them—known as phages—coexist in soils, oceans and living organisms. Scientists have…

Keeping to warm climates may have helped crocodiles outlast the dinosaurs

Keeping to warm climates throughout their 250-million-year history may have helped crocodiles and their relatives surviv…

Compulsive social media use is linked with wanting closeness but fearing reliance on others

Compulsive use of social media may be associated with a strong desire for reassurance among people who are afraid to rel…