Scientific evidence is lacking to support the US government’s decisions to caution against using a common painkiller in ...

A fossil from about 66 million years ago reveals a species of dinosaur that is new to science, with claws that would have ...

Particles similar to axions, the leading candidate for dark matter that has long eluded detection, may have already been ...

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

It has been suggested that lava tubes - underground tunnels carved out by molten rock - might be on Venus, and now we have ...

Reading books and listening to audiobooks tap into different elements of cognition, each with their own benefits. So which ...

The revelation that endometriosis is linked to autoimmune disorders is opening up a whole new way to treat this painful and ...

We used to think that deforestation in the Amazon would dry out the local climate, but the effects may be even more extreme ...

An exceptionally loud collision between two black holes has been detected by the LIGO gravitational wave observatory, ...

Chimpanzees are consuming significant levels of alcohol from their diet of ripe fruit and the finding may help explain the ...

Using the quantum states of particles of light as currency could make for unforgeable transactions, and a new experiment has ...