A fossil dating back some 324 million years has turned out to be a completely new species of insect, rather than a juvenile ...

Unicorns, Bigfoot, and banshees have been scientifically debunked, but ghosts are real – kind of. The exceptionally elusive ...

A Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) is a cloud of ultracold atoms, chilled to just a hair above absolute zero. At these ...

You've had maybe four hours of sleep, you've got a full day ahead of you, and coffee is only going to get you so far.

In a perfect example of the old adage "the dose makes the poison," too much of the cardiac glycosides can cause vomiting, ...

Earth has survived asteroid impacts, volcanic catastrophes, ice ages, and dramatic changes in the Sun's brightness.

The iconic 'Doomsday Vault' – aka Norway's Svalbard Global Seed Vault – is perhaps the world's best-known seed bank.

There are numerous kinds of diets that can help you to lose weight if you're overweight or obese, and if all you want to do ...

Slowing the progression of Alzheimer's disease is the goal of most existing treatments, but reversing it is much harder.

"Australia is likely the most resilient place on Earth when it comes to global catastrophic risks," researchers explain in a ...

Toxic flame-retardant compounds that were banned two decades ago continue to contaminate sediments and soils across Europe, a ...

Now, a systematic analysis of 96 peer-reviewed studies has found that shrinking lymph nodes within the neck are a consistent ...