A "copy" of the Magna Carta, the medieval English document that has formed the basis of constitutions around the world, owned ...

Our Milky Way galaxy is home to some extremely weird things, but a new discovery has astronomers truly baffled.

The United States on Friday approved the first blood test for Alzheimer's, a move that could help patients begin treatment ...

We have long taken it for granted that gravity is one of the basic forces of nature – one of the invisible threads that keeps ...

New research has shown how the parasitic amoeba Entamoeba histolytica takes bites from your cells to use as a disguise, ...

Scientists in the US have created a way to 3D print materials inside the body using ultrasound. Tests in mice and rabbits ...

In all that time, no singing was seen directed at infants, and no dances were observed. It's apparently not something the ...

The pursuit of happiness is ancient, with countless generations mulling the sources of their own and others' contentment. In ...

Most Pacific voyagers rely on celestial navigation. Stars rise in the east, set in the west, and, near the equator, follow a ...

Researchers have now 'heard' the echo of cyclones whirling ocean waters from all the way on the other side of our planet.

Ultra-processed foods are associated with a rogues' gallery of health problems, including elevated risk for obesity, dementia ...

Life on Earth probably began in warm, underwater 'chemical gardens', rich in hydrogen and iron. Researchers from Germany have ...