In a surprise result, James Cook University scientists have found female blacktip reef sharks and their young stay close to shore over long time perio...
Climate change is already having a noticeable impact on the environment and global health. Around the world extreme weather events, increased temperat...
As scientists step up their search for other life in the universe, two astrophysicists are proposing a way to make sure we don't miss the signal i...
DNA is made from four nucleosides, each known by its own letter -- A, G, C, and T. However, since the structure of DNA was deciphered in 1953, scienti...
In emergencies, people may trust robots too much for their own safety, a new study suggests. In a mock building fire, test subjects followed instructi...
A new study provides a major link between low levels of vitamin D and aggressive prostate cancer. Northwestern Medicine research showed deficient vita...
After combing through Cornell-archived data, astronomers have discovered the pop-pop-pop of a mysterious, cosmic Gatling gun - 10 millisecond-long &qu...
A fossil dating from 440 million years ago is not only the oldest example of a fossilised fungus, but is also the oldest fossil of any land-dwelling o...
A dragonfly barely an inch and a half long appears to be animal world's most prolific long distance traveler - flying thousands of miles over ocea...
Scientists have developed a process that improves the efficiency of CRISPR, an up-and-coming technology used to edit DNA. "Scientists all over th...