In what seems to be the largest study of its kind, researchers in the US have found that women's code...

Generally regarded as a pseudoscientific treatment, acupuncture has proven itself quite effective, at least at alleviating pain.

Organic animal products seem to be significantly healthier than their non-organic counterparts.

We've seen unfortunate insects trapped in amber time and time again, but this time it's something else. This time, a...

We've explored the Earth, we've explored the seas, we've even started exploring outer space but there's one place we really...

It seems medicine is prepared to enter a new age - an age in which not only can we fix...

Russian scientists have found a way to use the country's surplus of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) to protect themselves from another...

Bullying is still prevalent throughout the educational system, both in the real and in the cyber world.

The future is now - a new study found that virtual reality can help alleviate depressive symptoms. Photo by Nan...

The day has come and passed, but the impact could be felt for a long time; that thrilling date, the...

Creating artificial blood vessels is a pivotal aspect of reconstructive medicine. However, time and time again this has proven very...

It all started when archaeologists working in Germany made a surprising discovery, uncovering the bodies of children and of one adult...

If you're from countries like the UK or Australia, you probably can't understand why other countries drive on the right....

She's been called everything from a pirate to the Robin Hood of science. Alexandra Elbakyan put up a portal that...

Wisdom, the 65-year old albatross from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands is breaking record after record.

After a century of speculation and tantalizing results, scientists have, for the first time, confirmed the existence of gravitational waves.

When Fukushima's nuclear accident unfolded, people fled the area without looking back. But one man realized that humans aren't the...

The 160-megawatt concentrated-solar already has 100,000 mirrors in place, focusing sunlight to create steam and generate clean energy.

Nature, the Lancet and many other medical publishers and researchers have announced that all Zika-related scientific articles will be published freely...

Carbon dioxide acts like a greenhouse gas and can heat a planet's atmosphere - nothing new so far. But it...

People with very low levels of physical activity may have smaller brains later in life, a new study found.

Created by the British wordplay and recreational mathematics expert Leigh Mercer. Limericks are a very specific type of poetry that...

Grass could enable researchers to create the new generation of condoms and make our lives a little bit better. A...

Researchers have made a stronger case for the negative effects of paracetamol on pregnant women. It was already documented that...

American biologists finally understand how these cute fish, measuring little more than an inch can survive in extreme environments. This...

A previous study found that Vikings suffered from massive worm infestations, and this may be the key to an inherited...

They may have had huge mouths, but they fed on plankton - an international team of researchers has found evidence...

Cockroaches are nasty and annoying, but you've gotta hand it to them - if there's something they're really good at,...

New models show that 2 million years ago, early humans couldn't have survived on a diet based on nuts and...

A new study analyzes how much Arctic ice can melt before its grounded portion also starts sliding into the ocean.

A period of significant cooling from 536 to 660 AD brought forth massive societal changes in Europe and Asia, a new...

In 1992 Douglas Prasher figured out how to clone the DNA of GFP and in 1994 Martin Chalfie expressed this...

How fast can your camera shoot? 60 frames per second, maybe 100? If you've got a good one, maybe 1000,...

Scientists have found that by adding slight variations in the practice routine, you can keep your brain more active and...

A new study has found a way to increase the lifespan of mice by up to 35%, by simply removing...

A surprising finding could change the history of orthodoxy.

It's a horrific disease, but one that may be going to the history books soon.

A few months after it was proposed, the law was approved in December and it's now official.

Some 50 million years ago, the world was in dire straits. Atmospheric CO2 levels were at over 1000 ppm, with...

The picture was taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS), focusing on two snow-covered volcanoes in Russia’s Far East....

Robots really are starting to take over jobs - a company in Japan has just announced they will open the...

Archaeologists from the Charles University in Prague have made a stunning discovery in Egypt: they found a stunningly well preserved...

Scottish researchers have found a way to make cancer cells get "addicted" to self-destruction.

German scientists have turned on a device called a stellerator, the largest of its kind. The machine could pave the...

It's a song of ice and fire - scientists have just witnessed the eruption of the Big Ben volcano in...

The Zika virus that created an international state of emergency just got more scarier: apparently, it can be sexually transmitted....

Tornadoes are associated with the strongest and most violent storms, reaching winds of up to 300 miles per hour (480...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared a state of emergency following the Zika outbreak in South America. The virus...

The Zika outbreak in South America is spreading more and more, reaching pandemic levels.

South African scientists have recreated the quagga - an exotic animal related to the zebras that went extinct in the...