Scientists

. Quick facts about aliens Has extraterrestrial life been discovered?: Not yet! Where are scientists looking for aliens?: Water-rich bodies in our solar system, like Jupiter’s moon Europa, and Earth-like …

. We have all experienced boredom – that feeling of waning interest or decreased mental stimulation. Eventually we lose focus, we disengage. Time seems to pass slowly, and we may …

. A storm-chasing campaign will help scientists to understand why some storms yield large, damaging hailstones and others generate no hail at all. Credit: Benjamin Cremel/AFP/Getty Hail regularly pulverizes crops …

. A taskforce of experts looking into the mass bleaching and decline of Florida’s delicate coral reefs is planting more than 1,000 nursery-grown juveniles from the reef-building elkhorn species in …

. Hummingbirds gather around a hummingbird feeder filled with sugar water, in a backyard in the San Fernando Valley section of the city of Los Angeles, July 17, 2014. ROBYN …

. Jupiter’s already the big kahuna of the Solar System, an absolute unit of a planet with a mass 2.5 times greater than all of the rest of the planets …

. Our sensitive teeth originally evolved from the “body armor” of extinct fish that lived 465 million years ago, scientists say. In a new study, the researchers showed how sensory …

. Whenever something bad happens to us, brain systems responsible for mediating emotions kick in to prevent it from happening again. When we get stung by a wasp, the association …

. Plants can “hear” bees buzzing and serve up more nectar when they are nearby, scientists have found. The research suggests that plants are a more active partner than previously …

. War zones, microplastics and street lights are among the emerging threats to the bee population, according to scientists. Bee experts have drawn up a list of the 12 most …