Millions of years before Neolithic people thought of using metals to stab or crush their enemies, scorpions did the same thing, enhancing their stingers and claws with zinc, iron, ...

This individual was discovered within the layer of volcanic lapilli – fragments of molten lava and solid rock – that rained ...

The iconic Yellowstone geyser pumps out an average of nearly 28 cubic meters of water per eruption – but pinning that number ...

Of all the possible ways for the universe to end, the one that is the most concerning is known as False Vacuum Decay. While ...

Scientists working on the Askaryan Radio Array, an extremely large neutrino detector buried around 200 meters (656 feet) ...

Thanks to the sheer mass of Jupiter and fellow gas giant Saturn, the Solar System barycenter is rarely in the center of the ...

The idea is probably a non-starter for lots of other reasons, but exploring the implications shows how delicate the global ...

NASA’s future is shaping up to be a key battleground between Congress and the Trump administration. The White House’s budget ...

A study of chimpanzees in the mountains of Rwanda shows our nearest relatives adapt their nests to account for extremely ...

Using the shortcut found by tracking the asteroid, it would take just 153 days to get to Mars and return to the Earth.

Over 100 researchers from multiple scientific disciplines came together to build a consensus definition.

The cognitive differences between Neanderthals and humans were smaller than those between different present-day populations.