science

Police detectives analyze isotopes in human hair to find out where a murder victim was born and grew up. Ashley Sharpe, an archaeologist at...

Some novel materials that sound too good to be true turn out to be true and good. An emergent class of semiconductors, which could...

A new scenario seeking to explain how Mars' putative oceans came and went over the last 4 billion years implies that the oceans formed...

Memories of the largest lava flood in the history of Iceland, recorded in an apocalyptic medieval poem, were used to drive the island's conversion...

This year's unexpectedly aggressive flu season reminds everyone that although the flu vaccine can reduce the number of people who contract the virus, it...

New research finds that 'Oumuamua, the rocky object identified as the first confirmed interstellar asteroid, very likely came from a binary star system. "It's remarkable...

Helium, the second lightest element in the universe, has a variety of uses, from keeping balloons afloat to cooling superconducting magnets. It is also a...

Ask a dozen people about their greatest fears, and you'll likely get a dozen different responses. That, along with the complexity of the human...

On Nov. 11, 2014, a global network of telescopes picked up signals from 300 million light years away that were created by a tidal...

A small, daily dose of Viagra significantly reduces colorectal cancer risk in an animal model that is genetically predetermined to have the third leading...

Setting off smoke bombs is more than good fun on the Fourth of July. The military uses smoke grenades in dangerous situations to provide...