[Update: Element 113 has been named Nihonium.] The Japanese have claimed that they have been…
A newly published study from Harvard scientists is the first to link amyotrophic lateral sclerosis…
There might be more ice on the Moon than was previously thought. There are permanent…
Paleontologists have discovered micrometer-scale fossils of plankton from the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, a period of…
First observed by the British astronomer William Herschel on January 14, 1778, and now seen…
Norwegian scientists have developed a method for producing semiconductors from graphene, possibly revolutionizing the technology…
A new study reports that P. acnes phages, a family of viruses that live on…
An international team of scientists has come up with the experimental design of a space-time…
Using the Event Horizon Telescope, an international team of scientists has for the first time…
A recently published study uses computer simulations to show for the first time what happens…
While examining two outcrops, called “Hottah” and “Link,” NASA’s Curiosity rover found evidence that a…
African spiny mice, specifically the species Acomys kempi and Acomys percivali, have skin that is…
People usually cite the lack of job security and benefits as the main reasons why…
A new report commissioned by 20 different governments states that more than 100 million people…
A team of scientists have solved a previously unsolved scientific mystery, finding the minimum number…
Vampyroteuthis infernalis, the vampire squid, which technically isn’t a squid at all, is a cephalopod…
A newly published study from a team of neuroscientists at MIT is latest in a…
A new study indicates that male DNA, left over from pregnancy with a male fetus,…