In Europe alone, widespread drying had major consequences: reduced river flows hindered hydropower generation, crop yields ...

An elusive fungus capable of generating quantities of a compound used to synthesize the hallucinogen LSD has finally been ...

Though rare, there are a few examples of animal collectives that link their bodies in creative ways to move around. Ants can ...

Seismic monitoring all over the globe registered a strange signal that repeated every 90 seconds over a whopping nine days, ...

A woman in Texas has died from a rare brain infection after flushing her nose with water stored in the tank of a recreational ...

When the New Horizons spacecraft swept past Pluto and Charon in 2015, it revealed two amazingly complex worlds and an active ...

The daily ritual of imbibing a hot cup of freshly brewed and fragrant coffee isn't just good for the soul – it may be one of the ways to smooth the road to healthy aging for women.

A drug used to relieve the debilitating symptoms of menopause may also be reducing the risk of invasive breast cancer, a new clinical trial by Northwestern University suggests.

The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the Universe – a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang ...

Dust from the Sahara desert will cloud the skies of the US southeast this week in an annual weather event that doesn't always ...

A giant conundrum has been found orbiting a teeny tiny red dwarf star just a fifth of the size of the Sun. Such small stars ...

A giant mouth-like hole in the Sun about as wide as five Jupiters is blasting hot Sun breath in Earth's general direction.