MIT physicists have proposed a way to make a super sci-fi-sounding device: a neutrino 'laser,' which could help us probe the ...

From the sands of Mongolia's Gobi Desert emerges a new, exquisitely preserved fossil that could revolutionize our ...

Chimpanzees consume the equivalent of at least one alcoholic drink per day as they eat ripe, fermenting fruit, says a study out Wednesday that addresses one possible reason why humans are drawn to ...

Plastic is an essential material in the modern world, but it's also environmentally costly to produce and a major pollutant.

Ancient bones discovered in a cave in Vietnam could belong to one of the world's earliest known victims of homicide.

An eye-opening experiment on cephalopods reinforces why it is so important for us not to underestimate animal intelligence.

Though the trio fits well inside a one-degree circle in the sky, they're actually a good study in astronomical distance. The Moon is only 385,000 kilometers (1.3 light-seconds) away, while Venus is ...

New research suggests that a swarm of debris from an exploding comet left its mark by triggering the Younger Dryas, a period of abrupt cooling around 12,000 years ago. The authors ...

While many of us are excited about the prospect of finding life on other planets, there's still also so much about life on ...

Since mindfulness is something you can practice at home for free, it often sounds like the perfect tonic for stress and ...

In a study of 12,000 volunteers in the UK, scientists established a clear link between long COVID – that is, symptoms of ...

Following nearly 30 percent of successful breast cancer treatments, tumors return, claiming 685,000 lives worldwide every ...