Two humpback whales crossed entire oceans between Australia and Brazil, setting migration records and surprising scientists.

A worsening air leak in a Russian section of the International Space Station prompted NASA to place astronauts in a temporary ...

Magnetic fields may be the hidden force bringing both newborn stars and giant black holes together. New computer simulations ...

By recreating a nuclear fireball, scientists uncovered unexpected chemistry that could change how radioactive fallout is understood.

Researchers may have unlocked the future of computing by turning flat silicon chips into densely stacked 3D architectures.

“For more than twenty years, a high-pulse-energy femtosecond laser on chip was widely regarded as a holy grail of integrated photonics,” says Kippenberg. “Our result shows that it is not only possible ...

An endocrinologist’s new weight-care system halted population-level weight gain and could reshape obesity treatment across America.

Researchers found that the cancer-driving protein MYC helps tumors repair DNA damage and survive treatment. The discovery could lead to new ways to weaken cancers by shutting down one of their key ...

Silphium was an extinct Libyan plant renowned for contraception, medicine, and trade. Its disappearance remains a historical ...

A mysterious low-frequency sound known as The Hum has been reported around the world for decades, leaving researchers ...

A new study reveals that an extremely small change in a non-coding region of DNA can dramatically alter how sex develops in ...

Scientists found that a tomato-soy juice rich in plant-derived compounds altered inflammation-related signals in healthy ...