From afar, science is a marvelous thing, a humming engine of discovery that simultaneously reveals the wonders of our world ...

Newton proved that white light was made of all the colours of rainbow by recombining the spectrum. He used a second prism and ...

How do you translate ancient Palmyrene script from a Roman tombstone? How many paired tendons are supported by a specific sesamoid bone in a hummingbird? Can you identify closed syllables in Biblical ...

Researchers led by a team at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have identified biological markers that appear in ...

Researchers have developed a new method for 3D printing objects with very different properties, including levels of hardness ...

Termites are among the most successful animals on Earth, forming vast societies that can number in the millions. But how did ...

Younger adults are already contending with mysteriously higher rates of cancer than their parents and grandparents. Emerging ...

Time feels like the most basic feature of reality. Seconds tick, days pass and everything from planetary motion to human ...

People who don’t eat meat may be less likely than meat eaters to reach the age of 100, according to a recent study. But ...

For most people, cold weather is an inconvenience, requiring an extra layer of clothing or the thermostat to be turned up. For others, exposure to cold can trigger an allergic reaction severe enough ...

Biofuels are fuels made from plant oils. The idea is that using plants to create fuel for cars and generators should lower ...

Middle-aged and older adults who were more active in the evenings had poorer cardiovascular health compared to their peers ...