Scientists have long believed that temperature, especially freezing cold, limits diversity of plant species.

It forever changed history when it crashed into Earth about 66 million years ago. The Chicxulub impactor left behind a crater off the coast

A new open data nonprofit scientific initiative by Avi Loeb will use a network of telescopes, cameras and computers to scan for alien life

NASA predicts that beneath Jupiter's icy moon Europa lies a salty ocean with more water than all of Earth's oceans combined.

Researchers have developed a new technology which allows non-contact manipulation of small objects using sound waves.

Nobody knew that the existence of a black hole could prove to be real someday. Wormholes, just like black holes, are a mathematical...

Vanderbilt astrophysicist has led a series of studies that make the first case for a gravitational wave infrastructure on the moon.

Astronomers have unambiguously detected the presence of a disc around a planet outside our Solar System for the first time.

Millennials, often referred to as the "job-hopping generation," represent a group of young workers who once grabbed the national spotlight

Scientists have successfully reversed age-related memory loss in mice and could lead to human treatments to prevent memory loss

A decade after scientists discovered that lab rats will rescue a fellow rat in distress, but not a rat they consider an outsider

USC researchers are enabling AI to envision the unseen, a technique that could lead to new medicines and increased autonomous vehicle safety

Using an AI approach capable of decoding brain activity during sleep, scientists were able to glimpse what we think about when we are asleep

If you're regularly out in the fresh air, you're doing something good for both your brain and your well-being.

Teens' ability to empathize, to understand others' perspectives and emotions, and to care for their wellbeing, is important to relationships

Movies and television often show romance begin when two strangers meet. Real-life couples, however, are far more likely to begin as friends

A star in a distant galaxy blew up in a powerful explosion, solving a one thousand year old astronomical mystery

A new paper by Oxford University Press, indicates that the presence of adult entertainment establishments may decrease sex crimes

Stanford scientists have identified specific biological pathways along which individuals age over time.

To minimise the risk of food poisoning, you really do need to wash produce before eating it, though no special produce washes are required.