In the cold darkness deep beneath the waves of the Arctic Ocean, a hidden barrier appears to separate the haves from the have ...

The theory of quantum mechanics has transformed daily life since being proposed a century ago, yet how it works remains a ...

Too much cosmic radiation can sterilize a planet – but a surprising new study has found that under the right circumstances, it could actually make uninhabitable worlds habitable.

Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the Solar System? The idea has been around since before the ...

CERN scientists have analyzed a particle of antimatter isolated in an undecided quantum state known as a superposition for ...

A woman who lived and died 2,000 years ago in the Altai Mountains of Siberia is opening a new window into ancient tattoos.

Your brain uses some of the same language and cognitive systems for both reading and listening, but it also performs ...

Scientists have discovered the long-buried secret of a 17th-century French aristocrat 400 years after her death: She was using gold wire to keep her teeth from falling out.

An adopted embryo that was frozen for 30 and a half years has given rise to what some claim is the 'oldest baby' in the world ...

A small, retrospective study in a part of Utah known for poor air quality retraced pollution exposure levels in patients ...

A bolt of lightning that arced across the sky from Texas to Kansas in the fall of 2017 has officially smashed the record for ...

According to a new study, humans can inhale more than 70,000 microplastic particles each day in an indoor environment – far ...