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A lucky encounter between a fruit fly and a pail of milk around 5,500 years ago set the stage for dairy product.
As the Hans Sigrist Prize is claimed by Ignas Snellen for groundbreaking exoplanet research, the message is clear--the search for other worlds is heating up.
A business-as-usual scenario is no longer viable, according to the EU's Science Advisory Council.
Tattoos were found on the skin of seven mummified Egyptian women. Previously, only six other such mummies had been found.
It took more than 100 years to confirm that single-celled organisms are capable of hierarchical decision making.
A joint project involving 15 Philadelphia libraries digitized 160,000 pages dating from the 9th century. You can access them for free online.
Are Americans equally shocked by universal healthcare and decently priced services?
Key report at COP25 summarizes main insights behind climate change
Large pockets of unvaccinate children have caused a backsliding in immunization against measles -- a vaccine-preventable disease.
Many heterosexual couples that use oral contraceptives report having less sex than those who use condoms or other forms of contraceptives. Doctors have long believed that this is due to the hormonal imbalance caused by the pill, but a new study challenges this idea, potentially identifying the root cause. According to the results of the […]
A much needed upgrade to the LIGO detector enables scientists to cast a wider net to catch gravitational waves.
Scientists sent extraordinarily muscular mice to the International Space Station to study how microgravity affects muscles and bones.
The ESA's CHEOPS satellite launches later this month with the mission to select exoplanets suitable for in-depth investigation.
Antibiotic-resistant typhoid is spreading in some parts of the world so this news comes in the nick of time.
The Indonesian President has instructed government agencies to start replacing public servants with artificial intelligence.
Our ancestors screened partners for 'niceness' -- and our genomes reflect that.
Climate models from as early as the 1970s were already reliable enough to offer reliable projections of temperature increases as a result of GHGs.
People love to communicate -- there are over 7,000 languages in use today.
Not to mention that it has direct effects on human health
Have you ever tried sending a mating call when there's a plane nearby? It's the worst.
As if mother nature didn't already have enough to deal with.
The high salt content of ramen could increase your chances of having a stroke.
Japan, Germany and Philippines were among the most affected countries last year
A dim patch in an otherwise bright galaxy is the epicenter of a supermassive black hole whose mass is 40 billion times greater than that of the Sun.
"When the good news is that emissions growth is slower than last year, we need help," the researchers explain.
Scientists installed underwater speakers in dead or dying coral which played sounds typical of healthy reefs. Wildlife soon flocked back.
Scientists have used a complex setup that allowed them to image intermediate chemical compounds that typically last only a thousandth a billionth of a second.
It's a skill that can likely be trained, the team explains.
This puts them at high risk for extinction
Nine in ten make-up bags contained dangerous microbes. The newly popular ‘beauty blender’ products were worst offenders.
Bionic chips could one day offer a novel therapy for sleep apnoea and heart failure.
Parts from the craft landed in almost two dozen locations spanning several kilometers.
It's a way to effectively treat prostate cancer with minimal side effects.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which is why researchers turned to eye-tracking technology to perfect their work in plastic surgery.
Being direct in your intentions as a woman seems to be the most effective tactic to pique a man's interest. In some cases, though, it makes sense to use a more flippant line.
Brushing teeth frequently is linked with lower risks of atrial fibrillation and heart failure, a surprising new study shows.
The team is currently working with climate scientists to compare the new dataset with in situ observations and with the output from salinity models.
The study represents one of the most comprehensive analyses of U.S. mortality rates among the 50 states.
It takes me longer to even decide to go to the dentist.
"Our results indicate that the disappearance of Neanderthals might have resided in the smallness of their population(s) alone," the paper's abstract reads.
Every year, the British Ecological Society runs the photo competition to "celebrate the diversity of ecology".
The potentially deadly illness, which can be easily prevented with vaccinations, continues to spike globally.
Black holes and neutron stars are the densest and most mysterious objects in the universe, and researchers may have figured out the source of the light they emit.
The QLED TV sets you see on Amazon aren't actually the real deal. This is what genuine quantum dot-based displays might look like.
Classic science, budding its way into something that's been going on for millennia.
The study focused on a large shell ring -- essentially, a shellfish waste dump.
While the sample size was small, virtually all the dolphins in the study favored their right side while foraging.
The anemone fish is finding difficulties to adapt to the fast changes in its environment
New observations confirm that main asteroid belt object Hygiea is round. It now fulfills all the requirements to graduate from asteroid to dwarf planet.
Researchers show how cultural changes in Africa over the past 10,000 years can be tracked using the size of eggshell beads.
