Mold can survive the harshest of environments, so to stop harmful spores from growing on future space stations, a new study ...

A new study reveals the surprisingly convergent evolution in the inner ear of mammals. An international research team led by ...

With the help of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of researchers led by scientists in the Department of ...

In a new study, MIT physicists propose that if most of the dark matter in the universe is made up of microscopic primordial ...

(via Kurzgesagt) You’ve got trillions of viruses inside you – right now! But these aren’t the viruses you fear. Some of them ...

From incantations in ancient Egypt, bloodletting in 18th century Europe, to President Coolidge inhaling poisonous chlorine gas in 1924, the common cold has inspired a variety of creative t ...

The rings of Saturn are some of the most famous and spectacular objects in the Solar System. Earth may once have had ...

For as long as scientists have studied trees, we have categorised them into two types based on the sort of wood they make.

This week, a fresh eye in the sky will open for the first time as a new satellite joins the existing constellation of ...

Inspired by the architecture of human bone’s tough outer layer, engineers at Princeton have developed a cement-based material ...

McGill University researchers have harnessed the power of sunlight to transform two of the most harmful greenhouse gases into ...

Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host ...