The mummies of two people who lived in Chile more than 400 years ago carry DNA from smallpox, providing the first molecular ...

Genetic tests of mammoth remains have found a stark contrast in the sex ratio between sites where the animals died naturally ...

We all have bits of DNA from a long-lost “ghost ancestor” inside us – and by putting all the different bits together, we ...

The asteroid 44 Nysa was first spotted more than 150 years ago, but we are only now finally figuring out its weird shape and ...

Three problems that are out of reach for conventional computers have been cracked by quantum computers and show how important ...

Networks of pipes carrying chilled water have proven to be an efficient way to cool hospitals and universities. Now, they are ...

Rebecca Skloot told the story of Henrietta Lacks and how her cells were taken without her permission in a bestselling book, ...

A tiny sensor that unfolds within the body could continuously monitor our heart activity and breathing after showing promise ...

Certain sleeping positions can lead to babies developing flattened heads, and an analysis of ancient skulls from Italy ...

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A treatment that turns off the bit of the immune system that goes haywire in Guillain-Barré syndrome may be the first ...

The cosmological principle is the foundation of modern cosmology – but its usefulness doesn’t necessarily make it true, says columnist Leah Crane ...