Scorpion venom, once feared only as a deadly toxin, is rapidly emerging as one of the most intriguing experimental tools against breast cancer. Early laboratory work suggests that carefully isolated ...

When I gave my TEDx talk on inflammation, I wasn’t speaking as a scientist. I was speaking as someone who had lived through it. Even with clean living, hidden inflammation may require deeper ...

Coming across a whip scorpion for the first time can be a frightening experience. Although they look like true scorpions, they’re not actually scorpions and don’t possess a venomous sting. They are ...

Meet the cat-sized prehistoric scorpion with deadly venom, huge eyes and strong pincers that ruled Carboniferous forests ...