The human brain is terrible at healing itself from injury or disease. But some animals can harness their own cellular ...

Indonesia is doing "everything" to fight huge forest fires, but dozens of planes and thousands of personnel are still ...

Photonic integrated circuits route information with optical signals instead of relying only on electrical currents. Silicon (Si) and silicon nitride (SiNx) are excellent photonic platforms for ...

A child born in Europe in 2025 will live through more than three additional years of extreme fire weather compared with someone born in 1950 if we continue with current climate policies, according to ...

As we age, some of the cells in our body enter a state of senescence, in which they stop dividing but do not die. Those senescent cells can contribute to age-related disorders such as cancer, tissue ...

Scientists have long speculated why Venus, with a size, mass and structure similar to Earth's, doesn't have a moon. New UC ...

Stand on the damp sand on a California beach and chances are you're standing on top of an active earthworks site. Sand ...

A forest fire was burning Sunday in central Colombia near the popular tourist town of Villa de Leyva, officials said.

When asked about the greatest innovation of humans, people often say language or fire. A new paper suggests these innovations ...

A record number of New Zealanders turned out at the polls this month, not for national elections but to vote for their Bird of the Year—the critically endangered black robin.

About 12.5 trillion tons (11.3 trillion metric tons) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, ...

The stereotype of bland British food is notorious, and people mock the horrors of jellied eels and overcooked vegetables. Even roast beef and pudding are seen as uninspired compared with the cuisines ...