The "8-real" coin ("real de a ocho" in Spanish and the original pirate "piece of eight") was minted out of silver in the 16th ...

A new map of the "maternal-fetal interface" reveals a new type of cell, as well as the types of cells most likely to be ...

Keratin has been linked to skin diseases and inflammation in the past, but now, a new study may have uncovered one reason why ...

Doctors reported a highly unusual case of parasitic fly infection in a woman in Greece. When you purchase through links on ...

CERN scientists transported antimatter by truck for the first time, enabling ultraprecise studies that could reveal why ...

It's a running joke that a cure for type 1 diabetes is only five years away and has been for 50 years, but new stem cell trials and immune drugs hint that we're closer than ever to a functional cure ...

NASA is gearing up to send astronauts back to the lunar environment for the first time in nearly 55 years. We've broken the ...

Around 14 new rock-art depictions of thylacines, also known as Tasmanian tigers, have been found in northern Australia.

Scientists have cured type 1 diabetes in mice, without long-term immune suppression. In type 1 diabetes, the immune system ...

A new analysis of archival Hubble Space Telescope photos reveals that a peculiar comet slowed its spin before fully reversing ...

Scholars have proposed a wide variety of explanations, including a volcanic eruption, earthquakes, climate change, the ...

Among the fossil finds were bilateral worm-like animals that may have anchored themselves to the seafloor, early comb jellies ...