Category: Science

A seemingly serene landscape of gas and dust is hopping with star formation behind the scenes.

Scientists say grooves on a rock face overlooking the Adriatic Sea may have been made by sea turtles fleeing an earthquake.

In July 2012, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Europe triumphantly announced the discovery of the Higgs boson, the long-sought linchpin of the

A 2020 astronaut photo shows the oasis town of Jubbah lurking within a paleolake in the wind shadow of Saudi Arabia’s “two camel-hump mountain.”

Sharktober is real in Hawaii — and it’s down to the reproductive pattern of predatory tiger sharks, an analysis of 30 years of data reveals.

An ancient ancestor of spiders and relatives doubled its genome about 400 million years ago, setting the stage for the evolution of spinnerets.

Researchers from the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven have succeeded in developing a process that purifies air and, at the same time, generates power.

The time it takes for a leaf to decompose might be the key to understanding how temperature affects ecosystems, according to Kansas State University ecologists. 

The president of Mexico called the discovery of a 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb in Oaxaca the “most significant archaeological discovery in a decade.”

Measles has been spreading continuously in the U.K. for over a year, meaning the country has lost its elimination status.

A mouse study shows that beige fat, previously known for its heating function, may also lower blood pressure by keeping blood vessels relaxed. The same

These 430,000-year-old wooden tools from Greece are a rare find and provide a glimpse at the technical know-how of our early human ancestors.

Vaccines can be a crucial conservation tool. But getting shots to wildlife, and developing them in the first place, is tough.

The Maia 200 AI chip is described as an inference powerhouse — meaning it could lead AI models to apply their knowledge to real-world situations