Earth's average surface air temperature droppped by as much as a staggering 26 degrees Celsius.

A difference in vocalization in bat 'dialects' is akin to the difference between London accent and, say, a Scottish accent.

We just enlarged the great ape family. But there's also bad news.

The 100-foot-long void could be a hidden chamber, as revealed by a groundbreaking investigation.

Both are passive transport processes that are essential to both living and non-living systems.

Seems like the brain of astronauts starts to float upward.

Now this will impress your friends.

This colorful sea slug likes second-hand groceries.

Natural selection fosters certain qualities so aliens shouldn't look extremely different from humans.

The wearable device could change the lives of countless epilepsy patients.

Few people are aware that too much black licorice can be very dangerous.

The event is mentioned in the Bible and can date the reign of some Egyptian pharaohs to within a year.

Maybe it's time to try some high heels.

A creative solution could ease concrete's strain on the environment.

Overall, more Americans are developing food allergies than ever.

It was quite the rascal.

The more we know the better we can prepare for the next eruption. It could happen within decades or thousands...

Some countries are already planning to phase out coal by 2030 but it's not enough.

Scientists have sharpened CRISPR's scalpel.

You'll feel very, very small after reading seeing this image.

Two thousand trees, shrubs, and other plants will cover the wooden facade of a 54-meter-tall tower.

This fundamental understanding could lead to better oral health but also new insights in evolutionary biology.

One technique had a success rate of 46 percent.

It's rather ironic and one can only wonder what Einstein would say about all of this.

Their anatomy was staggeringly complex, like intricate pipe works.

The spacecraft's legacy lives on.

There's a huge untapped potential for solar energy across America's shining skyscrapers.

Researchers revisited some chimps in Tanzania after more than 40 years and found their personality stayed remarkably consistent.

The animals do it to survive the harsh winter, likely sacrificing cognitive abilities in the process.

Some speculate the teeth may belong to a hominid species but evidence backs no such sensationalist claim.

A brief overview of some of the strangest objects in the cosmos.

The real scope of pollution and how it affects livelihoods is often misrepresented.

Mars has an invisible magnetic tail and it might contribute to Martian atmospheric loss.

It seems our AI overlords have overlords of themselves.

Millions of Americans are potentially exposed to high concentrations of arsenic from their drinking water.

We're responsible and it's up to us to clean up the mess.

One cognitive test widely used in research can improve working memory. The training won't make you smarter, though.

A ninth planet 10 times bigger than Earth might be lurking far away within the solar system.

Stress can trigger changes in the bacterial colonies that occupy the gut, similarly to obesity.

This was an amazing week in science -- with much more to come.

According to the most recent surveys, Americans generally overestimate the size of the country's homosexual community six-fold.

Patients reported feeling 'reset' or 'rebooted'. Their depression symptoms improved immediately after taking the drug.

It happened before and it could happen again rather soon. Damage to power grids, satellites, and communications could amount to...

The consequences are important for ecosystem health.

This is still experimental technology but in the future it could prove to be a lifeline.

The Hyperloop concept just got a whole lot sexier.

The amazing camo-skin was funded by the military and could one day make its way into the battlefield.

It doesn't seem that Native Americans mixed with Polynesians before European contact.

The ozone layer recovery could be delayed by as many as 30 years by rising industrial pollutants.

A disturbing new study shows that the government fails to accurately count law-enforcement related deaths in the United States.