How do you get a paper retracted? Hint: it doesn’t usually start with a strongly worded opinion piece from a senior political ...

A submarine volcano off the coast of the Pacific Northwest of the US is set to blow in 2025. Seamounts like this are providing scientists with the perfect opportunity to study the evolution of early ...

There are many ways for rovers and spacecraft to look for evidence of life, recent or ancient. Now, researchers report a new ...

To see the event at its best, it’s better to wait for later in the night, when both the Moon and the Pleiades are visible ...

Micherre Fox, a 31-year-old from Manhattan, New York, recently unearthed the 2.3-carat diamond – about the size of a pea – at ...

Parasite cleanses are typically based on the idea that someone has an intestinal parasite infection – so worms or protozoa ...

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Archaeologists made the discovery through genetic analysis of remains from two early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries, both dating to ...

In the more likely scenario, a star over 30 times the mass of our Sun was orbiting a stellar-size black hole. In the year ...

Claims that environmental protections are obstacles to the space industry do not match evidence of what happens around ...

Kookaburras are known for their laugh, but they're one of several bird species that seem to be having a joke on simple-minded ...

P olar bears have become something of an icon for the Arctic. The world’s largest land predators, they are big, they are ...