How the genome is packed into chromosomes that can be faithfully moved during cell division. Scientists discovered a molecular mechanism that confers special physical properties to chromosomes in dividing human cells to enable their faithful transport to the …

Researchers at the University of Bristol and Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre have discovered that super-eruptions occur when huge accumulations of magma deep in the Earth's crust, formed over millions of years, move rapidly to the surface …

An easy-to-use database quantifies our shake-up of the planet, from fossil fuels to farming to plastics. But there are a few bright spots.

Is your weather forecaster lying to you? According to a viral Facebook post, yes. And it’s about more than impending rai

Shane Farritor of University of Nebraska-Lincoln is planning to launch a miniature robot into orbit to demonstrate its capabilities.

This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a section of Mamers Valles.

Researchers just studied the lensing of the oldest light we can see and discovered the oldest dark matter yet observed,...

James Webb telescope's actual aim is to solve mysteries in our solar system, look beyond distant worlds around other stars, and probe the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it.

It normally takes the earth exactly 24 hours to rotate once on its axis, but on June 29, a change was recorded.

IN A bittersweet new report, scientists have found that while the end of the world is on its way, it may take longer than previously calculated.

Imagine stretching a piece of film to reveal a hidden message. Or checking an arm band’s color to gauge muscle mass. Or sporting a swimsuit that changes hue a

ESA is prepping to send a spacecraft to Venus — a feat which will require state-of-the-art methods to get through the planet's grueling atmosphere.

Some 100,000 people are estimated to line the Space Coast later this month to watch the test launch of NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the moon.

A lab that specializes in applying data science to the study of conservation biology has created an open-source app to harvest field data from Microsoft's HoloLens mixed-reality headset. The app allows researchers to gather data as they walk and look at veget…

The pits, and caves to which they may lead, would make thermally stable sites for lunar exploration compared to areas at the Moon's surface, which heat up to about 127 Celsius during the day and cool to about minus 173 Celsius at night

After the ancestors of modern humans split from those of Neanderthals and Denisovans, their Asian relatives, about one hundred amino acids, the building blocks

Many crustaceans, including lobster, crabs, and barnacles, have a cape-like shell protruding from the head that can serve various roles, such as a little cave for storing eggs, or a protective shield to keep gills moist.

In the classic 'nature versus nurture' debate, scientists discovered ancient ice ages have shaped the genetics of eelgrasses today -- and those genetics could play a stronger role than the environment in shaping how eelgrasses respond to threats.

Lumbering through the forested wetlands of Bulgaria around six million years ago, a new species of panda has been uncovered by scientists who state it is curren

Nanopillar-studded surfaces interact with light to provide a new way to trap, image and manipulate single atoms.

Former NIEHS postdoctoral fellow Katherine Burns, Ph.D., now at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, studies how the environment influences endometriosis.

A species of giant panda lived in eastern Europe 6 million years ago, according to scientists who studied the animal’s...

Unlike its living cousin, Agriarctos nikolovi probably didn’t eat bamboo.

A super-Earth planet has been found near the habitable zone of a red dwarf star only 37 light-years from the Earth.