Inside our cells, ribosomes—the tireless "protein factories" of life—have just shown off a new skill they haven't used in ...

If you've ever seen a dolphin swim, you may have wondered why they undulate their bodies up and down when swimming, instead of side to side as fishes do. Though they have a fishlike body, cetaceans (a ...

Science: No Backbones. 3 minute read. TIME. December 26, 1938 12:00 AM GMT-5. I n the competitive human world, a common platitude says that a man needs “backbone” to succeed.

Hero shrews have some of the weirdest backbones in the animal kingdom -- they're incredibly strong, with stories of a 0.25-pound shrew supporting a grown man standing on its back. No one knows ...

Dolphins swim, horses gallop, and humans walk on two legs -- mammals are able to move in lots of different ways. That's because we have unique backbones. And scientists exploring how mammals ...

Stiffening Political Backbones for Fiscal Discipline. Share full article. By Catherine Rampell. Feb. 13, 2010; SPINELESS and shortsighted.

Fish With Creepy Curved Backbones Could Help Explain Scoliosis. It’s easy to take for granted that our spines grow straight, our hearts on the left, and our limbs in pairs.

Reveca Torres' non-profit Backbones has worked to build community for people with spinal cord injuries for more than a decade. This week, she got the surprise of a lifetime: a $1 million prize ...