NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which explored Saturn and its moons for more than a decade, has yielded a new discovery. A recent peer-reviewed study found complex organic fragments in fresh ice grains ...

A new dumbo octopus species, Grimpoteuthis feitiana, was accidentally discovered in a scientific blind spot of the deep Pacific Ocean. It carries a name that nods to the flying figures in China’s ...

Deep beneath the North Sea, researchers have mapped giant buried mounds and “sinkites” that turn a basic rule of geology on its head. A new peer reviewed study shows that heavy, younger sands sank ...

A new study of animal bones from Jamestown reveals colonists ferried donkeys across the Atlantic, reshaping early American life and survival.

A study by McGill University reveals that older adults adopt new meanings of words at almost the same rate as young people.

Wheat feeds billions, so even small gains matter a great deal. It is also vast in scope, covering more than 215 million hectares each year, according to a recent study. A new resource maps which wheat ...

Plastic made life simpler. It wrapped food, built cities, and made modern living affordable. But the same invention now shows up where it shouldn’t – inside the human body. Tiny fragments called ...

Autumn in Ohio still brings earlier sunsets, but winters aren’t as biting as they were a few decades ago. That growing disconnect – steady day-length cues and milder cold – could spell trouble for ...

Every day in the Panamanian rainforest, green fragments shuffle across the forest floor. Each piece hides a worker beneath it – a leafcutter ant on a mission. These insects are among nature’s most ...

Across the vast Pacific lies Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, home to the majestic moai statues that have long stirred human curiosity. For centuries, the question persisted: How did ancient islanders move ...

Training service dogs helped female veterans slow biological aging and ease PTSD symptoms, linking compassion to cellular ...

Archaeologists find a rare gold coin belonging to Queen Berenice II in Jerusalem, revealing the city's Hellenistic wealth.