Researchers have identified a superluminous supernova located 10 billion light-years from Earth. It is one of the brightest and most distant star deaths ever recorded. Because...
Which factor is more important to root growth: gravity or water? To find out, scientists recruited astronauts to grow cucumbers on the International Space Station. In...
A study of ancient clam fossils suggests rising seas could once again encourage parasite infestations in brackish water ecosystems. Trematodes, commonly known as flukes, infect mollusks,...
New research suggests changes to a common set of genes underly hyper-social behavior among dogs and humans. Scientists found unique genetic insertions in chromosome 6 in...
Climate change will bring more dust storms to the Great Plains in the latter half of the 21st century, according to the latest prediction models. According...
Most humans have a much greater fear of spiders than they do of ants. But for insect predators, ants are a much more formidable opponent. They...
Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to receive the prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics, has died in the US. The 40-year-old had breast cancer, which had spread...
For the first time, scientists in China have successfully teleported a photon to space using quantum entanglement — the coupling of two quantum particles over vast...
One of the biggest icebergs ever recorded has just broken away from Antarctica. The giant block is estimated to cover an area of roughly 6,000 sq...
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco have used an experimental drug on mice to reverse impairments from traumatic brain injury. Traumatic brain injury affects...
The Hubble Space Telescope captured the IC 342, a challenging space target due to its thick glowing gas, dark, bright stars and obscuring dust. The IC...