Once again, Mars has presented us with an example of something it seems to have in abundance: extremely peculiar and baffling ...

A quantum machine has used entangled qubits to generate a number certified as truly random for the first time, demonstrating ...

Cases of the fungal infection Candida auris are rising rapidly and coming from more sources too, a new US study reveals.

But new data from a recent clinical trial suggests that a previously discontinued experimental drug, called gantenerumab, ...

One of the most consumed drugs in the US – and the most commonly taken analgesic worldwide – may do a lot more than simply ...

The developmental progress from daredevil teen to risk-averse senior is more complex than we thought, according to a new ...

A colossal iceberg the size of Chicago has broken from a floating glacier in Antarctica, and like a retractable roof at a ...

A new archaeological discovery at Kach Kouch in Morocco challenges the long-held belief that the Maghreb (north-west Africa) was an empty land before the arrival of the Phoenicians from the Middle ...

NASA has been monitoring a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies ...

A species of old-growth tree that is totally new to science has been hiding out in a narrow slice of mountain rainforest in ...

The 20-20-20 rule is a simple but effective strategy for protecting your eyes against digital strain. Every 20 minutes, take ...

There are many home-grown problems on Earth, but there's still time to worry about bad things arriving from above.