There, in the depths of Sulfur Cave, a team of scientists has discovered what they think might be the largest known spider ...

Once common contributing factors such as body mass index and smoking status were factored in, the final calculations showed ...

Genes on the sex chromosomes would be expected to show different activity between men (with an X chromosome and a Y ...

We don't all respond to the same diets in the same way, and results from a new study help explain why: Gut microbes that ...

In 1949, famed mathematician and physicist John von Neumann delivered a series of addresses at the University of Illinois, ...

A suspected strike by "tiny space debris" has delayed the return of the Chinese spaceship Shenzhou-20 and three astronauts, ...

Neanderthals inhabited western Eurasia from about 400,000 years ago until their extinction about 40,000 years ago and have ...

A simple eye scan could be used to check for signs of heart disease risk and biological aging, a new study shows – ...

The natural world has brewed up a spooky 'skull' in a deep volcanic pit in the Sahara Desert. From space, the sight really ...

In a flare of light that traveled for 10 billion years to reach us, astronomers have identified the most powerful and most ...

The motions of stars in the Milky Way have revealed a giant outward ripple, set off by a massive event sometime in our galaxy ...

In experiments by researchers from Cornell University in the US, sharper blades and slower cuts significantly reduced the ...