Category: Science

Most known for its role in movement, the cerebellum could compensate for flagging mental functions elsewhere in the brain.

An imaging study found early signs of coronary artery disease in people in Canada breathing air that regulators consider clean.

Humans have been searching the stars for alien radio signals for decades — and so far, E.T. has not phoned home. But that doesn’t mean

Taming Nature: Inside China’s efforts to control the region’s water China is facing water scarcity that affects millions of people, so the country is embarking

From government surveillance programs to microchips in vaccines, technology-centric conspiracy theories have exploded in the digital age, adding to some of the best conspiracy theories

QUICK FACTS Where is it? La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain [28.62120467, -17.89960469] What’s in the photo? Concentric cloud rings over an erupting volcano Which satellite

Vast permafrost beneath the upper slopes of Peru’s tallest volcano could become a regional water source as glaciers in the Andes retreat.

The causes of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are poorly understood, but now, scientists have pinpointed a runaway immune response that may underlie the condition in

Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers may have found a supernova remnant in an intriguing neighborhood in the middle of our galaxy.

For those who see the world as a dark place, the universe seems to offer little solace. According to current estimates, approximately 70% of the

Researchers have identified a new species of “walking shark,” a rare group of small carpet sharks that use their fins to “walk” along shallow reefs.

The patient: A 29-year-old woman in Lithuania The symptoms: The woman had been trying to conceive with her male partner but had not become pregnant.

At least a dozen animals have been found with the flesh-eating maggots. It could take more than a year to eradicate the parasite again, experts

Detached tissues from the sea cucumber’s tube feet and feeding tentacles survived for more than three years, a find that could shape the study of