In a troubling new Swedish study, researchers found that the reason lots of women don't fight back during sexual assault is because they physically can't. It turns out that in the midst of sexual ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Survivors of sexual assault who come forward often confront doubt on the part of others. Did you fight back? they are asked. Did you scream? Just as painful for them, if not more so, can be a sense of ...

Sharks are some of the ocean’s most efficient predators, but they possess a peculiar trait that still puzzles scientists: tonic immobility. This strange behavior occurs when sharks are turned upside ...

Imagine watching your favourite nature documentary. The predator lunges rapidly from its hiding place, jaws wide open, and the prey … suddenly goes limp. It looks dead. For some animals, this freeze ...

Sharks, apex predators of the ocean, exhibit a peculiar trance-like state called tonic immobility when inverted, rendering them temporarily paralysed. Scientists induce this state to safely study ...