New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

Two Sydney PhD students have pulled off a remarkable space science feat from Earth—using AI-driven software to correct image ...

A massive crater hidden beneath the Atlantic seafloor has been confirmed as the result of an asteroid strike from 66 million ...

GLP-1 drugs, originally developed for diabetes and obesity, may also curb addictive behaviors by acting on reward circuits in ...

Life’s origin story just became even more mysterious. Using mathematics and information theory, Robert G. Endres of Imperial ...

New research shows that hippos lived in central Europe tens of thousands of years longer than previously thought. Ancient DNA ...

Researchers have uncovered microbial evidence in the remains of Napoleon’s soldiers from the 1812 Russian retreat. Genetic ...

Scientists have uncovered that glaciers can temporarily cool the air around them, delaying some effects of global warming.

Japanese researchers discovered that hair graying and melanoma share a surprising cellular origin. When DNA damage strikes ...

For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic data show the oceanic plate tearing into fragments, forming microplates in a ...