A new study inspired by a student's question has found something surprising about human fingers, and how they wrinkle after ...

Reading Thoreau probably inspired some people to become climate scientists; now his observations could bolster their work.

The move is part of the Trump administration’s aim to fix what it views as issues with the nation’s food supply.

S ir David Attenborough’s latest film OCEAN includes chilling footage of trawling from a point-of-view never seen before: the animals in its path. Cephalopods and rays can be seen fleeing the wall of ...

“During exercise […] it seems likely that the stimulus of physical activity creates a heightened associative state of impulse ...

C hemicals in furniture and children’s toys could impact the quality of your sleep. New research shows that chemicals hidden ...

“We have demonstrated, for the first time worldwide, that CRISPR-Cas9 can be used to incorporate a desired sequence into ...

It’s one of the Pacific Northwest’s most active volcanoes – but there’s a good reason you’ve probably not heard of it before: ...

I t’s a chore many dread but the science suggests most of us should be washing our bedding more often. Experts advise ...

The new research shows how light would have spilled into the Parthenon's doorway at specific times of the year, which would ...

Scientists now have a new approach to study never-before-seen quantum phenomena. Physicists from the Massachusetts Institute ...

The world’s oldest wooden spears were probably made by Neanderthals around 200,000 years ago and used to annihilate entire ...