A quantum state of matter has appeared in a material where physicists thought it would be impossible, forcing a rethink on ...

Cows can now be counted among the animals shown to use tools deliberately – and to adapt them to different tasks.

The scientist Stephen Hawking lived with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common type of motor neurone disease, ...

A metric that looks beyond height and weight to underlying biological markers of metabolic health is providing revised ...

The world is entering an era of "global water bankruptcy" with rivers, lakes, and aquifers depleting faster than nature can ...

In November 2020, a freak wave appeared, lifting a lone buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters (58 feet) high.

Many people across cultures grow up hearing that cold weather makes you sick. Going outside without a coat, breathing in cold ...

The temperature trends don't bode well for the penguins: colony locations are warming up four times faster than the average ...

"This gap is especially limiting in longevity research, where admixed supercentenarians may harbor unique protective variants ...

Earth is currently under bombardment from one of the most powerful geomagnetic storm categories the Sun can unleash.

Reduced blood flow to the brain is thought to be a key factor in many forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's, and ...

By contrast, Saturn's atmosphere is layered more deeply. There, either weaker forcing reduces deep turbulence, or more energy ...