An international study using glacier models shows that even stabilizing temperatures at today’s levels would still cause ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that precious metals like gold are leaking from Earth’s core into the mantle, ultimately ...

Low-carb or low-fat? Turns out it doesn’t matter nearly as much as eating high-quality food. This study shows heart health ...

Study finds that the pace of evolution in organisms differs depending on the type of cells involved. A new study finds that ...

Foreign aid cuts will make the ongoing ‘quiet crisis’ even worse, according to experts. Researchers warn that millions of people worldwide are missing from census and survey data, leaving policymakers ...

Young mice fed a high-fat diet developed obesity, showed anxiety-like behavior, and had distinct brain signaling and ...

This stunning Hubble view of spiral galaxy UGC 11397 captures more than graceful arms and glowing stars—it hides a ravenous ...

A brilliant new class of cosmic explosions has been uncovered—so powerful they outshine anything scientists have ever seen.

Ocean drifters once thought identical are actually several species. Genetics and ocean modeling uncover unexpected isolation. Bluebottles, also known as Portuguese man o’ war, were long thought to be ...

A major study suggests that smoking could be one of the most powerful lifestyle habits affecting how quickly our thinking skills decline with age. The research, led by scientists at University College ...

Two of the universe’s most extreme objects—black holes and neutron stars—can spiral into cosmic collisions that crack crusts, ...

A new seaborgium isotope may unlock the path to discovering even shorter-lived superheavy nuclei through K-isomer states. An ...