Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate whether the most distant star identified in the universe is, ...

A prominent Nature study and related research raise the possibility that vaccines may have a broader role in experimental ...

If you consider the Roman Empire to have ended in 476 and count only emperors who were old enough to rule for their entire ...

The bright band of the Milky Way and the faint glow of "zodiacal light" meet above the mountains of Chile's Atacama Desert in ...

After chemotherapy, some people get "chemo curls" and other changes to their hair texture and appearance. But why?

Exposure to a sunlight-activated catalyst broke down 99% of a forever chemical, leaving behind recyclable fluoride.

When mathematicians revived ignored mathematical structures, they found that overlooked particles, called "neglectons," could ...

Abrupt policy changes and confusing public messaging have injected confusion in back-to-school vaccine protocols.

Meteorite diamonds, which could be 58% harder than ordinary diamonds, have finally been made in the lab. Scientists have ...

Modern humans emerged roughly 300,000 years ago, but our genus Homo is much older. So what's the oldest human species on ...

As many as 1 in 5 Americans believe they have a penicillin allergy, but just a tiny fraction actually do. In recent years, it ...

Scientists have captured a video showing the implantation of a human embryo for the first time, using a laboratory model of a ...