Two finger-sized pieces of stone drilled from a basalt rock are the first bits of Mars ready to be brought to Earth.
Squirrels navigate through trees by making rapid calculations. They have to balance trade-offs between branch flexibility and...
Tiny bdelloid rotifers awake from a 24,000-year slumber when freed from the Arctic permafrost.
Dust that blocked sunlight might have caused the gas giant to form in a deep freeze, a new study suggests.
An egg or a sperm cell contains half of the normal genes an organism needs. They fuse together to form a new individual.
It’s not science fiction: Science can already eavesdrop on and influence our thoughts. Here’s what our readers think about it.
New technologies aim to listen to — and maybe even change — your brain activity. But just because scientists can do this, should they?
When mixed with rocky soil, a compound called chitin makes a strong material. It could be pulled from the shells of insects used for food.
Asteroids, meteors and meteorites are all space rocks. But one is in orbit, another is in the atmosphere and the third is on the ground on...
What do solar energy, the solar year and solar flares have in common? They’re all related to the sun.