UC San Diego engineers are growing plants in simulated space conditions to explore their potential for producing pharmaceuticals in space. Photos by David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of ...

What is the largest scorpion in the world? New research reveals that the biggest ever scorpion is Praearcturus gigas, which ...

In the grand detective story of how life began, scientists have just uncovered a new clue hidden in the chemistry of ancient ...

Globally, temperatures have increased continuously since the 19th century, but an area of the North Atlantic Ocean has shown ...

This breakthrough opens the door to integrating acoustic wave technologies directly into standard chip architectures.

Stonehenge has always been a monument of mysteries, but few stones within its circle have provoked as much debate as the ...

In Down syndrome, a person has an extra copy of chromosome 21. It is still the most common live-birth survivable chromosomal disorder, with an incidence of about 1 in 700. It is known for more than ...

Deep under the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, scientists have mapped a landscape that has never been exposed to sunlight. Using ...

Dung beetles feed on and lay their eggs in the feces of other animals, and elephant dung is particularly nutritious. Even ...

Against this backdrop, there is a review of the literature in Current Obesity Reports, which integrates an increasingly large ...

The effects of Sinlaku went much farther than the surface of the ocean. The satellite data showed that stratospheric ...

This artist’s concept shows the violent collision of two massive objects in orbit around the star Fomalhaut. “Spotting a new light source in the dust belt around a star was surprising. We did not ...