The National Audubon Society warns that two-thirds of North American bird species are at risk of extinction because of rising temperatures. As habitats shift, food sources vanish, and “mega-fires” ...

Credit: University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Chickpeas aren’t the first crop that comes to mind when you think about lunar agriculture. But a new study suggests the humble legume could have a ...

History is usually written by the winners. But a haul of ceramics from the Singapore Strait is rewriting that history.

Deep within the tropical lowlands of central Panama, archaeologists just unearthed a stunning glimpse into a thriving, ancient civilization. Scientists working at the El Caño Archaeological Park ...

The jellyfish galaxy in question. The dashed circles mark the four extra-planar sources that are identified in the galaxy’s tail. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal. Astronomers ...

In the collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a small copper-alloy tool from a cemetery at Badari in Upper Egypt. It is just 63 millimeters long ...

The computer-generated "ideal glass" solves a 75-year-old physics paradox and promises revolutionary materials.

Imagine the escalating conflict between the US, Israel and Iran unfolding in a world powered mostly by wind, solar and batteries rather than oil and gas. In today’s fossil-fuelled economy, markets ...

Researchers have developed an injectable, self-assembling miniature liver to help patients awaiting organ transplants.

In the hidden chambers of Japanese forests, a quiet rebellion has been unfolding for decades. Scientists have now confirmed that one rare ant has broken almost every rule of ant society. The species, ...

When it comes to cancer, up meat creates a distinct biological trade-off, acting as a powerful shield against five types of ...