Ancient sediment reveals that some of K’gari’s deepest lakes vanished around 7,500 years ago, despite unusually heavy ...

A newly discovered turning point in the Sun’s 11-year cycle could allow scientists to predict future solar activity years ...

Astronomers have found the first confirmed atmosphere around a rocky planet in another star’s habitable zone. The planet, LHS 1140 b, revealed its atmosphere through helium slowly leaking into space.

Researchers have uncovered a surprising culprit behind sleep loss in Alzheimer’s disease: the brain’s own immune cells. In ...

A naturally occurring compound found in foods such as wheat germ, mushrooms, and aged cheese may help older adults build ...

Oxygen is disappearing from oceans, lakes, rivers, and coastal waters at an alarming rate, threatening aquatic life and ...

A quantum problem once described as impossible for classical computers has now been solved using relatively modest hardware.

Scientists have discovered a hidden warning sign of skin damage that appears before collagen fibers visibly thin, break, or ...

A new theoretical study offers a possible explanation for how the Universe can grow more complex without violating the second ...

A protein called SORLA may act as a powerful defense against the toxic tau tangles involved in Alzheimer’s disease. Mice with extra SORLA had less tau accumulation, less brain atrophy, and healthier ...

Two elephant-sized South American sauropods were unusually well built for standing on their hind legs. Digital tests showed that their robust femurs handled the enormous forces better than those of ...

Dying Sun-like stars may not fade away quietly. As blobs of gas erupt unevenly from their swollen surfaces, each burst gives the star a tiny push in the opposite direction. Thousands of these random ...