Deep-sea vent metals may have helped early cells run essential chemistry before they could survive on their own.

Hair color depends on a small crew of cells that spend a lifetime commuting inside each follicle. When that commute breaks ...

Scientists found more than 200,000 radioactive waste barrels deep in the Atlantic, with some already leaking into seafloor ...

Betelgeuse, the orange star in Orion's shoulder, has a companion. The second star is small and blue, Betelgeuse B.

Scientists uncover what may turn someone into a mosquito magnet, from alcohol and skin bacteria to everyday habits.

New research reveals that vision, not frontal lobe expansion, drove the evolution of large brains in primates, including ...

Astronomers found the first dormant supermassive black hole "wandering" the edge of its galaxy rather than at its center.

Melting Arctic sea ice exposes a natural process that dramatically increases cloud-forming particles, with potential effects ...

Slugs, beetles, and crabs quietly spread seeds too, a new review of 43 studies finds, offering forests backup as birds and ...

Scientists found that yellow crazy ants follow surprisingly simple movement rules, offering new clues to how invasive ants ...

A resilient seagrass keeps vanishing from Florida's Indian River Lagoon each summer, then comes back from seed.

A new study provides the first causal evidence that improving sleep can boost college students' academic performance and GPA.