In laboratories from Brazil to Munich, researchers are learning to grab matter with sound alone, sculpting ultrasonic waves ...

Deep inside the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures—past cases filled with cuneiform tablets and giant stone sculptures that guarded the temples of long-dead kings—is a very modern laboratory.

Needle, a cheerful miniature schnauzer I had as a kid, turned into a ball of unspeakable noise and fury each time she saw a dog called Puma. She hated Puma so much she would go ballistic, barking and ...

Group-housed rats showed no preference for objects such as pipes and partitions but did show reliable preferences for spending time with some, but not all chewable objects. A block of wood predrilled ...