Astronomers are reporting the discovery of a retrograde planet around an M-dwarf star. This is a type of star smaller and ...

There's a huge possibility space in what sperm whales could be saying to each other. Dr David Gruber Plus, we’ve all seen the ...

A tiny single-celled amoeba has been found surviving and thriving in a volcanic stream at temperatures that would kill any other known complex organism. While simple bacteria and their cousins, ...

A chunk of the world’s oldest peace treaty has been unearthed at the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusha in modern-day ...

The rarest of rare lobsters, Casper will join a first-of-its-kind study to investigate curiously colored crustaceans.

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience.

If you look closely at the Y chromosome – the male sex chromosome passed down from biological fathers to their sons – it looks as if something very strange happened around 7,000 years ago. In a ...

T here are four fundamental forces in the universe: gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces. They ...

The WHO and Africa CDC have pushed back against the DRC health minister's statements that the outbreak is "under control".

Scientists tracking changes to the Qaanaaq Ice Cap in northwestern Greenland have reported the loss of ice that would reach almost to the roof of a three-story building over 13 years. The report ...

Fragments of coral that are washed up often get deposited back into the sea, where it then plays an important role in the reef ecosystem. The coral rubble littering the seafloor often forms the base ...

At Challenger Deep, it takes around 15 seconds for sound to travel from the ship to the seafloor and back. However, it’s known that the speed of this journey can be subtly influenced by the sea’s ...