Nematodes are the most abundant animal on earth, but when times get tough, these tiny worms have a hard time moving up and ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have successfully simulated how light interacts with empty space – a phenomenon once ...

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) can ‘catch’ yawns from an android imitating human facial expressions, according to new research ...

In the name of open science, the multinational scientific collaboration COSMOS on Thursday has released the data behind the ...

A fine mist accompanies the clan as the sun rises and they begin their journey. There are 12 people in total, some of them adults, some children, and others so small that they have ...

Archaeology isn't exactly easy, so it's pretty impressive how often we can figure things out about people that aren't around anymore. But that's not always possible, and some mysteries l ...

The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe – a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang ...

His gaze softens as he draws closer to you. With one hand around your waist and the other cradling your jaw, he pulls you in.

To Shakespeare’s Hamlet we humans are “the paragon of animals”. But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans ...

Eating a high-fat diet containing a large amount of oleic acid – a type of fatty acid commonly found in olive oil – could ...

Genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years prior to cancer diagnosis, according to a ...

Solar power is growing by leaps and bounds in the United States, propelled by climate mitigation policies and carbon-free ...