Researchers have found a way to supercharge natural killer cells, powerful immune cells that can attack cancer, so they can ...

A huge section of Greenland’s Petermann Glacier has snapped off, forming an ice island about the size of Manhattan.

Scientists have created a highly efficient catalyst that breaks down stubborn lignin from plant waste into useful chemicals ...

NASA scientists found that microbes brought by astronauts could survive in cold, shadowed niches around the Moon’s South Pole ...

People who reach 110 and beyond appear to have unusually large numbers of rare immune cells capable of killing abnormal cells ...

A major study found that adults with depression show disrupted production of new neurons in the hippocampus, potentially ...

A sweeping analysis of thousands of animal genomes suggests that chromosomes do not evolve randomly but instead follow a limited number of irreversible “evolutionary highways.” These one-way genetic ...

A neuroscientist is challenging the idea that the brain contains a central system that actually “makes” our decisions. What we experience as choosing may instead emerge from the continuous interaction ...

Scientists may have solved the mystery of why Antarctica froze millions of years before the Arctic. Slow-moving waves deep inside Earth gradually lifted East Antarctica, building mountains and a high ...

Backyard bird feeders could become unexpected hotspots for H5N1 as Australia’s bird flu outbreak spreads, bringing species ...

Common medications may reshape the gut microbiome long after the last dose is taken. In a study of more than 2,500 people, ...

Researchers have created a tiny chip that produces a stable “rainbow” of light capable of generating multiple high-frequency ...