Plankton that lived during the last glacial maximum have helped confirm the accuracy of our climate models – suggesting the ...

A beam of radioactive carbon ions has been used to destroy cancer cells in mice, demonstrating a therapy that may cause less ...

Coral reefs around the world are at risk of collapse due to rising temperatures and acidifying oceans, but the natural ...

Rapid erosion caused by a geological act of “piracy” tens of thousands of years ago may have raised Earth’s crust and ...

Google, Microsoft and others have taken big steps towards error-free devices, hinting that quantum computers that solve real problems aren’t far away ...

A flurry of studies has found microplastics in nearly every organ in the human body, from the brain to the testicles. But ...

Northern sea robins are formidable marine hunters, and they owe their success to modified fin rays that let them find prey ...

Smart TVs from Samsung and LG take screenshots of what you are watching even when you are using them to display images from a ...

Mosquito larvae die after consuming hemp leaves because they react strongly to the cannabidiol in the foliage. The discovery ...

Genetic testing on samples collected during the earliest days of the covid-19 outbreak suggests it is likely that the virus ...

Dopamine was long thought to play a part in the placebo effect for pain relief, but a new study is questioning its true role ...