Thirty-one newly discovered ancient quasars are giving scientists their clearest view yet of the universe's earliest giant ...

Deep, clean convective clouds can reach high supersaturation levels that may allow aerosols to intensify cloud growth.

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 ...

Scientists have uncovered a possible new route by which “jumping genes” move between species. Credit: Shutterstock. A jumping ...

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

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

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: ...

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

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

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