Old-school paleontologists would have frowned upon a colleague referring to a fossil find as anything like a dragon. Certainly in...

There is no simple fix for injuries in the brain: You can’t just slap on some gauze or stick it...

A newfound species of frog doesn’t ribbit. In fact, it doesn’t make any sound at all. Many frogs have unusual...

A new type of ice called medium-density amorphous ice has the same density as liquid water, so studying it could...

Some 780 million light-years from Earth, at least three galactic clusters are undergoing a chaotic merger, and using data from...

Keeping global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius is “currently not plausible,” warns a new report from the University of Hamburg....

The World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that 349 million people in 79 countries are facing "acute food insecurity," an increase of 200...

The mammalian circadian clock strongly influences when and to what extent certain genes are transcribed in each tissue throughout the...

Vikings brought horses and dogs to the British Isles from Scandinavia, a new study suggests. A chemical analysis of bone...

Ongoing pain, such as chronic back or neck pain, is difficult to treat, so some doctors prescribe antidepressants. Now, a...