Early humans had almost no hope of surviving severe burns, so evolution may have prioritised the selection of genes that heal ...

An alternative periodic table of elements focusing on highly charged ions reveals new science that could support the quest ...

Laboratory measurements of crushed quartz suggest earthquakes generate huge volumes of hydrogen underground, a potential ...

Men who were embodying female avatars via virtual reality felt anger and disgust when catcalled, which could change the ...

Neutrinos have always been hard to explain – and now the detection of one so energetic it shouldn't exist may help illuminate the strangest corners of the cosmos ...

An open-air site in Austria occupied by humans during the coldest part of the last glacial period may have been dedicated to hunting reindeer for pelts, showing how people adapted to extreme ...

Last week astronomers reported hints of biological activity on a distant planet, but a re-analysis of their data suggests the ...

A black hole bomb – an idea first proposed in 1969 – has now been realised in the lab as a toy model made from a rotating ...

Unusual signals called quasi periodic eruptions appear to come from black holes, but we don't know what creates them. Now ...

Mice overcame a Lyme disease infection after being given an antibiotic that is often used for pneumonia, and its effect on ...

A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that the first ants evolved in the southern ...

Scientists have found scour marks on the seabed made by giant icebergs about 18,000 years ago, and they could offer clues to ...