New techniques to detect Y chromosome genes show frequent loss of the Y in tissues of older men. The increase with age is ...

Haolong is known only from a single specimen – an almost complete skeleton stretching 2.45 meters (8 feet) long, with stunningly preserved skin. Intriguingly, the bones suggest it was still a juvenile ...

A study on worms led by researchers from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in the US has uncovered a previously ...

In places like Chernobyl and Fukushima, where nuclear disasters have flooded the environment with dangerous radiation, it makes sense that life might evolve ways to survive it.

This week in science: the generational effects of nuclear radiation discovered in the children of Chernobyl cleanup workers; simple habits that could reduce your risk of dementia; a new light therapy ...

Deep sleep could forestall the declines in brain health that can eventually lead to Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia.

If you go to the gym often, you might have been told you shouldn't lift weights in runners. The common belief is it is bad for your performance and can lead to injuries. But is this really the case?

Researchers have identified a period of sluggish magnetic field flipping for planet Earth, some 40 million years ago – ...

Venting, however, often goes beyond reflection into rumination. The study suggests that many people also try to exorcise ...

A new Spinosaurus species has been unearthed from the Saharan desert, and its skull bears a magnificent crest never seen ...

A comet whizzing through the Solar System has astonished scientists by doing something they had never seen before.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – NASA took another crack at fueling its giant Moon rocket Thursday after leaks halted the initial ...