For scientists who study the Southern Ocean, a long-standing silver lining in the gloomy forecast of climate change has been ...

Scientists think Venus once had oceans, water, and a climate that may have resembled early Earth. But something pushed the ...

PFAS or ‘forever chemicals’ have wide-ranging toxic effects. Now, researchers have found that two non-legacy PFAS, namely perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) and perfluorooctanesulfonamide (PFOS ...

After weeks of protecting her brood, a spider mother makes the ultimate sacrifice, offering her own body as food.

The National Institutes of Health recently announced plans to convert one of its long-standing primate research centers into an animal sanctuary. The decision builds on broader bipartisan mo ...

For decades, scientists viewed the genome of a newly fertilised egg as a structural ‘blank slate’ – a disordered tangle of ...

Eating unhealthy foods early in life leave lasting brain and feeding changes but gut bacteria can help restore healthy eating ...

In the 19th century, Scottish surgeon James Braid revolutionized the field of hypnotism, transitioning the practice towards ...

The National Institutes of Health recently announced plans to convert one of its long-standing primate research centers into an animal sanctuary. The decision builds on ...

A new study of carbon-based molecules in a Martian rock offers new hints about the possibility that the red planet once ...

We have known for several decades that the universe is expanding. Scientists use multiple techniques to measure the present-day expansion rate of the universe, known as the Hubble constant. These meth ...