Octopuses are remarkably intelligent creatures, as was demonstrated by Inky the Octopus’s famous escape from the National ...

A giant scorpion that once roamed what is now England and Wales has been confirmed as the largest of its kind ever to exist, ...

Fresh concerns have been raised over long-term use of antidepressants, with a new summary of evidence revealing limited ...

The weather on Earth can get pretty messy sometimes. But in space, it can be wild—and the effects can be far-reaching. Solar ...

Many people are overwhelmed by the fast-paced evolution of mass communication in a world increasingly shaped by the internet ...

Scientists say that they’ve just detected a massive cloud of gas some 3 billion lightyears in diameter, floating in space ...

Four-and-a-half billion years ago, a massive world, possibly as big as the moon or even Mars, orbited our sun before crashing ...

We have a vaccine that prevents shingles. We have a vaccine that markedly lowers the risk of dementia. We have a vaccine that ...

Stanford scientists have discovered a new type of immune cell that kills surrounding cells via explosion – a cellular ...

The International Space Station has been home to humans for over 25 years. And over the decades, those humans have helped ...

A research team from ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich (UZH) has developed a novel approach to treating spinal cord ...

When it comes to sex, banana slugs take things slow. But slow doesn’t mean boring. Banana slug mating involves swapping slime ...