Scientists have found compelling new evidence that humans, not glaciers, brought Stonehenge’s bluestones to the site. Using ...

Webb’s latest image of the Helix Nebula reveals a dramatic close-up of a dying star shedding its outer layers. The detailed ...

Astronomers may have finally cracked one of the universe’s biggest mysteries: how black holes grew so enormous so fast after ...

A large French study tracking more than 100,000 people over a decade has found that higher consumption of certain food preservatives—commonly found in processed foods and drinks—is linked to a ...

Researchers have demonstrated that quantum entanglement can link atoms across space to improve measurement accuracy. By ...

Home fireplaces and wood stoves are quietly driving a large share of winter air pollution, even though only a small number of ...

A 5,500-year-old skeleton from Colombia has revealed the oldest known genome of the bacterium linked to syphilis and related ...

Cancer doesn’t evolve by pure chaos. Scientists have developed a powerful new method that reveals the hidden rules guiding how cancer cells gain and lose whole chromosomes—massive genetic shifts that ...

When materials become just one atom thick, melting no longer follows the familiar rules. Instead of jumping straight from ...

Our genome isn’t as peaceful as it looks—some DNA elements are constantly trying to disrupt it. Scientists studying fruit ...

Bright white rocks spotted by NASA’s Perseverance rover are rewriting what we thought we knew about ancient Mars. These ...

The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where ...