A fossil overlooked for nearly 80 years has revealed a previously unknown crocodile relative that lived 210 million years ago ...

Astronomers may have been listening for alien civilizations in only a small slice of the radio spectrum while overlooking a largely unexplored range of higher frequencies. Using archived data from the ...

A liquid brushed onto cavities in seconds may spare many young children from pain, infection, and surgery. A major U.S. trial ...

A new cooking method could make French fries crispier in less time while significantly limiting how much oil they absorb.

Signals traveling from the gut to the brain may help turn meals into lasting memories. Rats showed stronger memory activity ...

Ultrafast X-rays revealed how a molecule converts absorbed light into motion in just trillionths of a second. Individual ...

Sleeping well during a heatwave starts with stopping the home from overheating. Close blinds against strong sunlight, ...

Deep beneath submarine volcanoes, Earth may be running a natural “gold kitchen.” By analyzing volcanic glass from the ...

Europa’s hidden ocean has made the icy moon one of the solar system’s most promising places to search for habitable ...

NASA’s Swift Observatory observed a supermassive black hole ripping apart a star more than 30,000 light-years from the center ...

Researchers found that insulin-producing cells depend on a team of helper proteins to keep insulin production on track. When one key partner was missing, damaged proteins built up and the cells made ...

A new analysis has precisely dated paintings in France’s Font-de-Gaume cave for the first time. Scientists discovered ...