Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and ...

A pair of canines found in Siberian permafrost were wolf sisters that died shortly after eating.

Earth's magnetic field and oxygen levels have increased more or less in parallel over the past 540 million years, suggesting ...

Researchers armed with the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed that some of Uranus' largest moons have one side brighter ...

Breathing patterns among humans are so unique that they can work as an identification tool, scientists report. They propose ...

Low iron levels can flip the genetic switch on a mouse's sex during development, causing XY embryos to grow female features.

The Zanj, enslaved people largely from Africa, rebelled at the same time they were ordered to build a massive system of ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has captured a striking image of a distant quasar from the "cosmic noon," including a giant ...

A new proof-of-concept study explored the feasibility of tracking the evolution of superbug infections in real time to help ...

Researchers have found that ocean acidification entered a "danger zone" in 2020, suggesting increased carbon dioxide levels have caused Earth to breach another planetary boundary.

Activity levels in a specific region of the brain predict whether we think something is real, irrespective of whether we've ...

Symptoms of Werner syndrome, which causes premature aging, can appear in a person's teens and progress quickly in their 20s ...