A mysterious mummy of an ancient Egypt woman, who may have been pregnant when she died, likely also had cancer,
Earth’s deepest sources of water may not be as old as we once assumed. Based on samples taken from deep
The Sun’s glare is the main reason telescopes tend to look outwards from Earth, away from the center of our
Colonies of ants can act a lot like neural networks, new research has revealed, with groups of the insects weighing
Approximately 365 million years ago, one group of fishes left the water to live on land. These animals were early
Penguins are no strangers to climate change. Their life history has been shaped by rising and falling temperatures, and their
It looks a bit like neon artwork from the ’80s. But what the image above really shows is much, much
Just a week after its first images were shown to the world, the James Webb Space Telescope may have found
Solar winds from the snapping of a gigantic “canyon of fire” filament on the Sun are set to slam into
Every five years, the Australian government releases a comprehensive report on the state of the nation’s environment, put together by
As the first dinosaurs were finding their feet around 230 million years ago, the ancestors of modern mammals were also
A new phase of matter has been observed in a quantum computer after physicists pulsed light on its qubits in
Beneath the Andes mountains in South America, Earth’s crust is dripping into the planet’s interior. Moreover, this has been occurring
Rare deep-sea brine pools discovered in the Red Sea may hold clues to environmental upheavals in the region that span
The UK has provisionally recorded its highest ever temperature on Tuesday: 102.4 °F (40.2 °C). It was the first time
It might surprise you to know that even during the depths of sleep, your brain cycles through brief bouts of
It has been an exciting week with the release of breathtaking photos of our Universe by the James Webb Space
For more than 100 years, paleontologists have thought that a fossil discovered in South Australia was a powerful grave eagle
Researchers have peered back through 800 years of history to conclude that Mayapan – the capital of culture and politics
Some of the brightest, most energetic objects in the Universe are the mystery source of high-energy cosmic neutrinos, new research
The oceans are full of magical marine life that have spawned ecosystems brimming with biodiversity. Corals, which come in all
A massive field of hydrothermal vents on the seafloor in the dark depths of the East Pacific ocean is the
We often think of babies as blank canvases with little ability to learn during the first few weeks of life.
Here’s the best evidence I’ve ever seen for water on Mars: NASA’s Perseverance rover came across a tangled mess of
A small black hole that’s just hanging around, quietly minding its own business, has been detected outside the Milky Way
If chemists built cars, they’d fill a factory with car parts, set it on fire, and sift from the ashes
In the early 1990s, planetary history was made. In 1992, two astronomers, Alexander Wolszczan and Dale Frail, published a paper
How life originated on Earth continues to fascinate scientists, but it’s not easy peering back billions of years into the past.
Firefighters battled to contain wildfires sweeping across southwest Europe on Sunday as a heatwave showed no sign of abating, with
An ancient upper jawbone discovered in Spain reveals the unique facial features of an individual who may be the oldest
For most of us, policing unwanted thoughts isn’t easy – but a new study outlines an approach that any of
Studying the sleep patterns of wolves in comparison to dogs can give us an insight into how evolution and domestication
Will we discover simple life somewhere? Maybe on Enceladus or Europa in our Solar System, or further away on an
You might find yourself reaching for a painkiller when a headache strikes, and it seems plants do something similar: when
A newly-discovered plant, a recently-discovered wasp, and a developing fly larva have been found trapped in amber, in an exquisitely-preserved
Water gets boiled a lot – whether it’s a cup of tea brewing in a kitchen or a power plant
Tiny gelatinous blobs spin perfect pirouettes in the water – their movement whipping up a force that attracts their neighbors.
A team of astronomers have used the ALMA telescope to find a slowly-rotating galaxy in the early Universe. That galaxy
Distrust of science is a massive problem. In our current environment, it’s directly leading to people’s deaths. Much of the
In this age of science, many people see supernatural forces as illusions rooted in wishful thinking. But love remains a
As a hobby, video gaming can get some bad press when it comes to its effects on our physical and
Remains recovered from a cave in the Chinese province of Yunnan more than 10 years ago have finally given up
When we dream, something mysterious happens within our brains – we experience something similar to being awake, and yet also
Far out in the Milky Way, roughly 22,000 light years from Earth, a star unlike any other roars with a
What happens when a star wanders too close to a supermassive black hole? The obvious story is that it gets
The ingredients for life are spread throughout the Universe. While Earth is the only known place in the Universe with
Forced to spend their days slamming their tiny skulls into the sides of trees in search of buried morsels, woodpeckers
Before quantum computers and quantum networks can fulfil their huge potential, scientists have got several difficult problems to overcome –
