To celebrate the end of the year, we're counting down our top 10 research news posts of 2023.

A sphere held almost completely under flowing water induces drag forces several times greater than if it were fully submerged, research finds.

A paradoxical new finding shifts our understanding of smell. It may explain how we can tell smells apart and why some good smells go bad.

Exposure to flame retardant called FireMaster 550 before birth left newborn rats with altered brain development, research finds.

Brown marmorated stink bugs, foul-smelling, voracious, wide-spread pests, could become even more ubiquitous with climate change.

Researchers investigated termites' discovery and decay of wood at more than 130 sites in a variety of habitats across six continents.

Will artificial intelligence someday rule the world? Will we tremble before our robot overlords? Not a chance, say the author of a new book.

A hormone secreted by fat cells can restrain the growth of liver cancer in mice, report researchers.

A new invention called "NeuroString" is a soft implantable probe that lets researchers study the chemistry of brain and gut health.

"This bacterial enzyme is the most efficient carbon fixer that we know of, and we came up with a neat explanation of what it can do."