Chester Zoo, in the UK, has announced that it has received scientific confirmation that an “extinct” snail has been saved ...

When faced with a physical challenge, studies have found, swearing improves performance. New research offers an explanation ...

The meaning is clear: “snake oil” is a label given to something – particularly medicine of some kind – that promises easy and ...

Though some body parts fell away, possibly due to opportunistic scavengers, the dinosaurs remained largely intact. Falling into a giant muddy footprint isn’t a bad way to go if you want to become a ...

Chiolerio and co-authors speculated that the trees might have been responding to gravitational influences, rather than loss ...

When our ancient ancestors made the journey out of Africa and took their first steps in Eurasia, they came face-to-face with Neanderthals for the first time – and boy, did they hit it off. In fact, ...

The mission ended in failure, but it produced some amazing footage.

But unlike Jupiter, Venus does have phases, going from not illuminated at all (when it is between the Earth and the Sun) to ...

Each year, more than 14,000 people in the US alone will be diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive, unpredictable, and ...