Researchers from the U.K. plan to launch a CubeSat covered with a newly formulated "hull-darkening" Vantablack paint into ...

How did Homo sapiens manage to leave Africa around 50,000 years ago, when earlier treks out of the continent had ended in ...

"Digesters" that convert methane from manure ponds into fuel can dramatically reduce emissions of this potent greenhouse gas ...

These macro lenses offer outstanding clarity for exploring the tiny world — whether you're photographing butterflies or ...

A woman on dialysis experienced a lot of fluid buildup between appointments and developed an unusual eating habit in an ...

Much of the universe's regular "baryonic" matter is spread through intergalactic space and in diffuse halos around galaxies, ...

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted on Tuesday and Wednesday (June 17 and 18), unleashing gigantic ash plumes and showering villages with volcanic debris.

Half a decade after receiving a psychedelic treatment for depression, two-thirds of patients in a new study remained in ...

Scientists have determined that a giant skull from an ancient human relative named the "Dragon Man" is actually Denisovan.

Samples from slag cliffs in England reveal industrial waste products can turn into rock in less than four decades, ...

A recent satellite photo captured a giant comma-shaped cloud of "Saharan dust" being blown above the Atlantic Ocean. The hazy ...

Researchers think the Viking Age boat burial of a woman and her pooch in Norway dates to between A.D. 900 and 950.