Could a humble bacterium hold the key to surviving cosmic radiation?

Scientists have stumbled upon the semi-Dirac fermion, first predicted 16 years ago.

Warm days may ignite the Red Planet’s huge dust storms.

Knots are a test of physical intuition and most of us are failing hard.

The surprising way crocodile scales form offers a glimpse into how evolution works beyond genes.

A new technique allowed scientists to spot the smallest asteroids ever detected in the main belt.

New study reveals ancient rituals, a carved turtle, and clues to early human gatherings.

Could next-generation geothermal energy finally fulfill its promise of ridding us of fossil fuels for good?

A tiny diamond battery could power devices for thousands of years.

New data confirms a puzzling rift in the universe's expansion rate.

AI technology has promised us many advances and 2025 looms ahead of us. Will the outputs match the promises?

If you needed another reason to get a good night's sleep — here it is.

Scientists have identified evidence of a new ancient human species, Homo juluensis, from fossils in East Asia.

Life on Earth exists on a scale that defies human imagination.

We thought we knew what neurons looked like. Guess again.

What's for dinner? For the Clovis people, the answer is likely 'mammoth'.

Jellyfish-like creatures pull off a bizarre fusion, linking their bodies and nervous systems.

Ancient hunter-gatherers shattered gender stereotypes with shared mastery of running, climbing, swimming, and diving.

Darwin called them "purposeless", but emotional tears have their place.

Hundreds of tiny tools attached to battle belts suggest ancient barbarians used stimulants for war.

AI agents could make life much easier for people with disabilities. But there's a dark side to it.

A potential da Gama shipwreck may rewrite maritime history.

Scientists have developed spray-on electronic tattoos that could be a game-changer in brain monitoring.

Could this be triboluminescence at scale?

You ever got so crazy you started wearing a salmon as a hat?

At a German campsite, 15,800-year-old engravings reveal how Ice Age people used fishing nets.

Quantum computing meets the timeless oscillation of time crystals in a breakthrough experiment.

James Webb's infrared vision sheds light on star-forming regions in the Sombrero Galaxy.

A single gemstone from Myanmar holds the title of Earth's rarest mineral, kyawthuite.

The ambitious and top secret project was supposed to withstand a first strike by the Soviet Union, but it ultimately...

Scientists have discovered unique neurons in the brain that respond only to music.

Newton’s financial success was tied to gold mined by enslaved people, a new book reveals.

The shape of a photon Is finally revealed by physicists.

In Arizona’s desert, a 500-year-old cannon sheds light on conquest, resistance, and survival.

Astronomers zoom in on a red supergiant in its final death throes 160,000 light-years away.

Childhood curiosity likely transcended all species of humans.

The father of the Web wants coders to be more responsible and rethink algorithms.

The achievement has potential implications from medicine to materials science.

An ancient Judean seed has grown into a unique tree that may hold healing properties mentioned in the Bible.

Scientists used genes from single-celled relatives of animals in a living mouse.

These clay instruments produce scream-like sounds, which trigger a fear response in the human brain.

A nearly perfect fossil has been waiting patiently to rewrite the story of flight.

Scientists uncover the remarkably preserved remains of a saber-toothed kitten from the Siberian permafrost.

Like the Sun, black holes also have a corona.

New observations suggest that the universe’s oldest galaxies are brighter than expected. Here's why this may be a big deal.

In a distant corner of the cosmos, some ancient galaxies are challenging our grasp of cosmic history.

Most body cam footage stays unseen. But some scientists see an opportunity in leveraging this data.

Researchers used declassified spy satellite images to pinpoint the historic Battle of al-Qadisiyyah

Digital devices were meant to cure our boredom. So why are people feeling more bored than ever?