The race is on to find practical substitutes for the petroleum-based plastics our societies have become so dependent on, and ...

In the cold darkness deep beneath the waves of the Arctic Ocean, a hidden barrier appears to separate the haves from the have ...

The theory of quantum mechanics has transformed daily life since being proposed a century ago, yet how it works remains a ...

Too much cosmic radiation can sterilize a planet – but a surprising new study has found that under the right circumstances, it could actually make uninhabitable worlds habitable.

A woman who lived and died 2,000 years ago in the Altai Mountains of Siberia is opening a new window into ancient tattoos.

Your brain uses some of the same language and cognitive systems for both reading and listening, but it also performs ...

CERN scientists have analyzed a particle of antimatter isolated in an undecided quantum state known as a superposition for ...

Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the Solar System? The idea has been around since before the ...

Scientists have discovered the long-buried secret of a 17th-century French aristocrat 400 years after her death: She was ...

An adopted embryo that was frozen for 30 and a half years has given rise to what some claim is the 'oldest baby' in the world ...

The Tintina fault stretches 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) across northern Canada, crossing the Yukon and ending in Alaska.

The most commonly taken analgesic worldwide – and one of the most consumed drugs in the US – could be doing a lot more than ...