The Shroud of Turin is a famous artifact with obscure origins. How and when it was made has long been the subject of debate ...

This week, researchers at the University of Albany reported an extreme size difference between early human males and females, ...

The Greek poet Crinagoras of Mytilene (1st century BC–1st century AD) once addressed a little poem to an earthquake. He asked ...

Could detecting static electricity be a factor in explaining why treehopper insects have evolved such bizarre body shapes?

This image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope revisits one of the most iconic regions of the sky, the Hubble ...

Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opening Tuesday in Geneva but they ...

Japan sweltered through its hottest July since records began in 1898, the weather agency has reported, warning of further ...

SpaceX delivered a fresh crew to the International Space Station on Saturday, making the trip in a quick 15 hours.

A new study published in Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools explores how elementary school–aged peers can be ...

The DNA of nearly all life on Earth contains many redundancies, and scientists have long wondered whether these redundancies ...

NOAA-supported scientists announced today that this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"—an area of low to no oxygen that can ...

A new study shows that natural dust particles swirling in from faraway deserts can trigger freezing of clouds in Earth's ...