W hen Justin Schmidt was just seven years old, he had a run in with a bee that would send him down a curious path. The offending insect was a honeybee that – annoyed it had been plucked it from a ...

I n 2013, deep within a Canadian mine, geologists discovered a fracture that contained the oldest known water on Earth. Hidden nearly 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) below the surface, the ancient water had ...

It’s highly likely that humans have pheromones, and there is another clue, which is that our smells – the smells we give off as we grow up and go through puberty – change. As children, we don't smell ...

But… they had survived. For years, in fact. And now, 40 years post-Chernobyl, the wolves in the Exclusion Zone aren’t just ...

Once detected, there are plenty of narrow-field telescopes that can track the orbits of anything that looks alarming.

Much as we’d like to imagine dinosaurs on skis or skates, their footprints are much more scientifically useful.

Located in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, the Taklamakan Desert is one of the driest places on Earth ...

It’s not that rare for the Moon to pass in front of Mercury, but it seldom happens when it is this easy to watch.

The ability to communicate symbolically is one of the hallmarks of our species, yet scientists still don’t know exactly when ...

Reminding someone who has come to rely on a chatbot that they are not human may push them into what's known as the ...

Complex cells are thought to be the result of a union between two ancient microorganisms, but scientists have long been ...

President's quick-fire-round answer has led to a flurry of comments.