Two worlds at almost opposite ends of the Solar System have just given us a mystery we didn't even know existed.

Biologists have long believed that having a large brain, relative to your body, might go hand-in-hand with being part of a ...

It's known as asteroid 2016HO3, or Kamoʻoalewa. A probe sent for the China National Space Administration (CNSA) mission, ...

Normally, the high-speed particles are considered a space hazard that satellite engineers and human exploration missions need ...

Oral cancer might not be one that many people think to look out for, but its prevalence is rising and it can be deadly.

Psychologists call it the dark triad: an intersection of three of the most malevolent tendencies of human nature – ...

As the dikes spread, they triggered earthquakes, reawakened long-dormant faults – fractures where blocks of Earth's crust can suddenly slip past one another – and drained the ...

Nevertheless, studies show that compared to men, women with heart attack symptoms are less likely to be prescribed aspirin, ...

This particular formulation is known as Hg1223, and since 1993 it's held the record for highest-temperature superconductor ...

To help cure Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, we need to understand the mechanisms through which it damages ...

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Researchers are beginning to realize that even vastly different psychiatric disorders can share startlingly similar genetic ...