Bleached clay rocks found on the Martian surface suggest that the Red Planet was once home to heavy rainfall and tropical ...

Excavations along the Rappahannock River in Virginia have revealed the likely spot of Indigenous villages once described by ...

The "sacrificial complex" contained hundreds of bits of horse bridles and bronze beads, revealing a new aspect of ancient ...

Determining the "loudest recorded sound" depends on how you define sound and on which measurements you choose to include.

The twin telescopes of the Gemini Observatory mark 25 years of discovery as students name distant nebula Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lan.

In December 1954, Gertrude Elion and colleagues described a new compound they had developed that sent children with leukemia ...

Archaeologists digging at a Mesoamerican site in Mexico have discovered an unusual, cube-shaped human skull. It is the first ...

The Cold Moon, the 12th and final full moon of 2025, will rise on Dec. 4 and reach its highest point in the night sky.

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

The CDC's vaccine committee has voted to roll back a universal recommendation that newborns be vaccinated against hepatitis B ...

The Geminid meteor shower has begun. The Geminids peak overnight on Dec. 13 and 14, when up to 150 "shooting stars" per hour ...

A genetic study of 80 skulls found at a Stone Age city in China has revealed that the sacrificed people were mostly men, in ...