Earlier this century, quantum computing researcher Wim van Dam and physicist Patrick Hayden described a process they called ...

The official term for such a calcified fetus is lithopedion – from the ancient Greek for 'stone baby' – and the phenomenon is ...

In addition to breaking its previous distance record, the PSP passed through the solar atmosphere at a velocity of about ...

The ongoing spread of bird flu in the United States has alarmed experts – not just because of human cases causing severe ...

The processes that haul gold up to the surface from deep within Earth's mantle rely on the sulfur that bubbles beneath active ...

If Earth is going to be blown to bits by an asteroid, it'd be nice to have some advance warning – to either do something ...

If finding the right present and making sure the recipient gets it on time leaves you feeling anxious, you're not alone.

New tactics in controlling infection are sorely needed, with antibiotic-resistant bacteria expected to claim as many as 2 ...

BepiColombo, a joint mission by ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, will make its sixth flyby of Mercury in ...

NASA has been monitoring a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies above the planet, stretching out between South America and southwest ...

Quasars are awe-inspiring – among the brightest objects in the Universe, behind gamma-ray bursts and supernovae. Unlike other ...

We know that too much sitting is bad for us, but a new study adds an important detail: if you spend more than 10-and-a-half ...