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A strange visitor from interstellar space came to visit. It might teach us a thing or two about the universe.
It used to be a gentle beast which tragically succumbed to human overhunting.
Finally, no more flat tires!
Sleeping on the back in the third trimester doubles the risk of stillbirth.
Owing a doggo seems to our health well.
The mystery deepens.
Even when you'd think he couldn't possibly stoop any lower, there he is, defying all odds.
Pluto just got a lot more interesting.
This little fish might teach us how handedness appeared.
Who knows -- this might make a great second home.
The positive impact on the environment is significant but at the cost of the population's health.
Pretty and disturbing at the same time.
Intelligence positively correlates with good leadership -- but only up to a point.
The 150-million-year-old dinosaur tracks are excellently preserved.
An ingenious technique could enable us to witness some of the strongest gravitational waves.
Our planet's most valuable 'natural jewels' might disappear if we don't do something about it.
Scientists took inspiration from digital compression to 'zip' DNA.
A sign that far more ambitious action is required in order to avoid runaway climate change.
Smart clothing just got sleeker.
A new GMO crop could help millions with micronutrient deficiencies.
Nature can be brutal.
Dinosaurs had a 9/10 chance they'd make it -- but they drew the short straw.
Cat allergens reduce the incidence of asthma in newborns by a factor of two.
It was very different from modern living otters.
A unique astronomical event is leaving many scientists scratching their heads.
It's supposed to be one of the first galaxies.
Researchers are encouraged to publish null results. Science needs them just as much as positive findings.
Shortly after the therapy, the aged cells started dividing and had longer telomeres.
The findings could have important consequences for the prospect of finding alien life there.
The extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs left many empty niches for the mammals' taking.
It was around just 2.6 billion years after the Big Bang.
Scientists were afraid this could lead to a planetary-bomb but, luckily, there's nothing to worry about.
T. Rex's forearms don't look that clumsy anymore.
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 of years.
