A new analysis suggests the evolution of human body size was marked by a major turning point rather than gradual growth.

A minimally invasive procedure that targets inflamed blood vessels is giving many people with chronic knee pain lasting ...

Quantum mechanics has long relied on complex numbers to describe the strange behavior of particles, from tunneling to ...

Possible interactions between dark matter and neutrinos may help explain a persistent mismatch in how cosmic structure evolved.

For nearly a century, students have learned the inductive effect the same way. Now, researchers say that explanation may not ...

Researchers have uncovered a key mechanism that helps aging cells stop dividing before they can become cancerous, identifying the DNA damage sensor ATM as the central player in this process. Credit: ...

A speculative paper argues that ancient planetary flybys may have helped trigger some of Earth’s mass extinctions.

North Pacific winter storm paths are moving toward the North Pole faster than scientists expected. In Alaska, glaciers are ...

New observations show that the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way does not consume nearby dust objects as ...

New research suggests that chronic inflammation caused by a bacterial endotoxin may play a much larger role in mad cow ...

A black hole shredded a massive star in a record-breaking explosion, but what astronomers discovered afterward may be even ...

Modern hip replacements could change what patients expect from surgery. Instead of a temporary fix, they may offer decades of ...