Switzerland’s glaciers lost more than 5 percent of their ice in a single year, with record melt, disappearing glaciers, and nearly…

An analysis of roughly 500 spear points suggests that inherited knowledge of stone deposits helped Ice Age hunters decide which tools…

A study in mice suggests that cells lining the brain’s blood vessels may play an important role in autism-related symptoms. Researchers…

Researchers studying whether feijoa could help prevent type 2 diabetes unexpectedly found a possible benefit for blood pressure. Each morning for…

A rare mutation may keep a major Alzheimer’s risk gene from damaging the brain’s protective barrier. About one in five people…

A new material barely lets heat through yet is up to 10,000 times stiffer than the silicone used in oven mitts.…

Sound waves echoing through the Sun indicate that its magnetic activity is progressively migrating toward the surface, altering how the star…

Dust around distant stars may reveal whether colliding worlds grazed one another or hit hard enough to vaporize rock. Vaporizing vast…