Category: Science

People with Indigenous American ancestry carry Denisovan genes that Neanderthals passed on when they mated with modern humans.

Tubal ligation — the procedure that blocks eggs from traveling through the fallopian tubes — is an extremely effective way to lower one’s chances of

A partial solar eclipse is taking place just hours before the equinox flips Earth’s seasons in September 2025. Here’s where a few lucky humans will

Sporting the world’s largest digital camera, the new telescope is poised to help solve some of the universe’s biggest mysteries.

Researchers said the breakthrough “paves the way for electronics powered by the ambient light already present in our lives.”

One physicist says his design to use nuclear waste as fuel for nuclear fusion could help the U.S. be a leader in the fusion economy.

Oregon’s tallest fir tree is on fire, and firefighters are racing to save it.

Viking 1 was launched by a Titan-Centaur rocket from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:22 p.m. EDT on Aug. 20, 1975

When she was a kid, Karen Lloyd enjoyed mucking around along estuaries and beaches on the coast of North Carolina where she lived. With net

Before exploding, a star shed most of its layers, giving a glimpse at a massive star’s deep interior. The event may represent a new kind

Scientists are piecing together how cannabis smoke may disarm the body’s immune arsenal while activating cancer-linked pathways. But the potential links aren’t yet completely understood.

Uranus’ 29th moon was hidden inside the planet’s dark inner rings, new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal.

Scientists link a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that shook Humboldt Bay, California, 71 years ago to the “locked” Cascadia Subduction Zone.

Researchers say recently discovered teeth come from a previously undiscovered species of Australopithecus, adding to our understanding of human evolution.