The other discovery is the cooling of the atmosphere. Combining the observations from JWST with measurements from Voyager 2, ...

I n 2013, deep within a Canadian mine, geologists discovered a fracture that contained the oldest known water on Earth. Hidden nearly 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) below the surface, the ancient water had ...

W hen Justin Schmidt was just seven years old, he had a run in with a bee that would send him down a curious path. The offending insect was a honeybee that – annoyed it had been plucked it from a ...

Even palaeontologists used to digs in forbidding places might have baulked at this one, but the results more than vindicated ...

The ability to communicate symbolically is one of the hallmarks of our species, yet scientists still don’t know exactly when ...

Complex cells are thought to be the result of a union between two ancient microorganisms, but scientists have long been ...

But… they had survived. For years, in fact. And now, 40 years post-Chernobyl, the wolves in the Exclusion Zone aren’t just ...

“DNA is much easier to find in the ‘soft parts’ of an animal – their organs, blood vessels, nerves, muscle and fat,” ...

Reminding someone who has come to rely on a chatbot that they are not human may push them into what's known as the ...

It’s not that rare for the Moon to pass in front of Mercury, but it seldom happens when it is this easy to watch.

Much as we’d like to imagine dinosaurs on skis or skates, their footprints are much more scientifically useful.

It’s highly likely that humans have pheromones, and there is another clue, which is that our smells – the smells we give off as we grow up and go through puberty – change. As children, we don't smell ...