There wasn't a lot of gold and it didn't last long, but the results are still impressive. For centuries, alchemists dreamed ...

Paleontologists have discovered fossils of a 506 million-year-old tiny three-eyed predator nicknamed the “sea moth,” ...

Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang has stressed the importance of accelerating China's high-level self-reliance in science ...

Ancient migration between wild horse populations in America and Asia show how ecosystems adapt to survive cataclysmic change ...

Two fossils of singing cicadas, one of which was remarkably well preserved, reveals that the insects dispersed in Europe ...

We live in an era of constant surveillance. Psychology research shows how this might change how we perceive the world — even ...

Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), also known as holy basil, is a revered herb in Ayurveda and Southeast Asian medicine for its ...

A new genetic study has traced prehistoric human migration from Asia to North and South America. The findings are helping ...

From the incense-filled sanctuaries of ancient Jerusalem to the comforting aroma of spices at the close of Shabbat, scent ...

Scientists at CERN use near-miss photon–nucleus collisions to create fleeting gold atoms, shedding light on rare nuclear ...

Despite its proximity to other groups of Neanderthals and the era’s modern humans, the lineage of the specimen, dubbed ...

Light is all around us, essential for one of our primary senses (sight) as well as life on Earth itself. It underpins many ...