B uried in the leaf litter of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest lie members of what just might be the world's cutest genus. The ...

Black holes are notoriously difficult to spot unless they are active, and one type of activity is the destruction of a star, ...

When something is this far outside the bounds of anything we’ve seen before, explanations are unlikely to come quickly, but a ...

Until now, the oldest conclusive evidence of complex fire-making like this was a mere 50,000 years old, with disputed ...

Christmas Day in 1809 saw a surgical first thanks to Dr Ephraim McDowell, the American physician who performed the world’s ...

“Our latest discovery helps solve a 20-year cosmic mystery,” co-lead author Daniel Whalen from the University of Portsmouth's ...

Indeed, recent studies have indicated that the humble honey bee possesses a remarkable talent for mathematics and can even ...

“Roman cement is durable, it heals itself, and it’s a dynamic system,” Admir Masic, study author and Associate Professor at MIT, said in a statement. “The way these pores in volcanic ingredients can ...

Giant hornets are typically not a force to be reckoned with. With size and a venomous sting capable of taking down a human on their side, there’s a good reason why they’re oft ...