We've known for a while that complex chemistry occurs in space. Organic molecules have been detected in cold molecular clouds, and we have even found sugars and amino acids, the so-called 'building ...

A species of wolf in Ethiopia has been filmed unexpectedly licking flowers, suggesting the carnivores could perform the role ...

Antibiotics discovered in the soil of a Cameroon volcano half a century ago have finally been reverse-engineered by Japanese ...

Canned salmon are the unlikely heroes of an accidental back-of-the-pantry natural history museum, with decades of Alaskan ...

One major health challenge in the aging population is the decline in muscle mass, strength and function (otherwise known as ...

According to Freese and Winkler, however, a Dark Big Bang is consistent with the evidence for dark matter – as long as it ...

These tire particles are a significant but often-overlooked contributor to microplastic pollution. They account for 28 ...

A bird's-eye-view of South America's Yucatán Peninsula has revealed a massive 4,000-year-old fishery in Belize's largest ...

Radar surveys occasionally show evidence of the base, lurking there like an environmental time bomb under the ice. But in ...

Ancient footprints reveal that a thriving landscape 1.5 million years ago in what is now Kenya was able to accommodate two different species of hominin, living side by side. As Homo erectus and ...

There's a new contender for your holiday fireplace video. This one comes from NASA, and features rocket engines and boosters to light up your days with Space Launch System holiday cheer. Say goodbye ...

In 2015, David Hole was prospecting in Maryborough Regional Park near Melbourne, Australia. Armed with a metal detector, he discovered something out of the ordinary – a very heavy, reddish rock ...