There's already some strong evidence that getting to bed at a regular time is important for healthy living, besides how many hours of slumber we're clocking up...
Rock from Mars is a rare and precious resource here on Earth. So far, the only samples we have are chunks of meteorite, dislodged from the...
Tiny, all-but-undetectable primordial black holes could be one of the mysterious sources of mass that contributes to dark matter. There are significant limits to...
Russia said Saturday that its scientists had detected the world's first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu from birds to humans and...
Researchers have discovered organic molecules trapped in incredibly ancient rock formations in Australia, revealing what they say is the first detailed evidence...
The image above may look like a fairly normal picture of the night sky, but what you're looking at is a lot more special than just...
Vampire squid have been lurking in the dark corners of the ocean for 30 million years, a new analysis of a long-lost fossil finds.
The closer scientists look at the bacteria in the gut, the clearer its importance to our overall health becomes, and new research links a particular type...
The amount of sunlight reaching Earth's surface has been fluctuating for decades now, and a new study supports the idea that human activity is to blame.
Launch yourself from a great enough height and it won't take long to see which would win in a battle between gravity and the forces that...