Look closely at Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa, one of Japan's most iconic masterpieces. The brilliant white of the ...

More than two decades after scientists first sequenced the entire human genome—all 3 billion base pairs, of DNA code—the ...

It can't be heard, but different parts of the human body are in constant conversation, communicating to keep the entire system running efficiently. For biologists, being able to listen in on this ...

Carbon emissions from the petrochemical industry could increase by 50% by 2050, according to new research from the University ...

A few hundred million years after the Big Bang, the first stars ignited—literally the "let there be light" moment for the ...

Cleaner engine standards and a gradual uptake of electric vehicles have been credited with helping improve Auckland's air ...

Scientists from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and Liverpool John Moores University in England have discovered the first adult T. rex trackway, providing insights into how this emblematic ...

Senegalese engineers in hairnets and white gloves are carefully assembling a nanosatellite at a French lab—another step ...

A new Flinders University study of primary school children shows a science-based digital phonics reading app can accelerate ...

An international team of scientists has recreated a 1,000-year timeline documenting ecological changes and human impact on the area surrounding Crawford Lake, the famed location of the proposed ...

Microplastics are plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters that originate either from manufactured products or from the ...

Drinking this year's champagne might cause a heftier headache as France's record heat waves force some producers to increase ...