Summer is supposed to refill the body’s vitamin D stores. Surely, especially in the midst of these heat waves, all that ...

At 8,400 metres above sea level, near the summit of Mount Everest, four climbers submitted to an extraordinary (and uncomfortable) experiment. One after another, they pulled down enough of their ...

The fish traps at Lake Tesse, with sections of the Stone Age settlement area visible in the background. Credit: Antiquity. The trout of Lake Tesse should not be there. When the last ice sheet withdrew ...

An image of elliptical galaxy NGC4696 located at the center of the Centaurus Cluster taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. This image shows dusty filaments surrounding the center of the galaxy. Credit: ...

Finding a new monkey species in the 21st century is exceptionally rare. Primates are among the best-documented mammals, so scientists don’t often encounter an entire population that has remained ...

Before modern weapons of mass destruction, there was Greek fire (ignis graecus). This was the term medieval Crusaders applied ...

Mars as viewed by Psyche as it continued its mission through the solar system. Credit: NASA. At first, Mars was little more than a curved blade of light suspended in darkness. As NASA’s Psyche ...

Sea otters are the smallest marine mammals, but they have some incredible adaptations to thrive in the ocean. Unlike seals and whales, they don’t have a thick layer of blubber to keep them warm.

Dr Mike Thomson’s 1985 geological field notebook next to the dinosaur fossil vertebra found in Antarctica. Credit: British Antarctic Survey A fossil collected on James Ross Island in 1985, then stored ...

According to a new study, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has supplied the durable surfaces needed for an accidental ...

Living nearly 900 meters underwater, this isopod evolved unusual adaptations to thrive in the world’s most food-scarce ...

China is tired of PhD students writing papers that no one reads and is demanding they build real products instead.