Sediments drilled off the coast of the ice continent reveal a time of great warmth and plant...

Researchers say there are good reasons to be optimistic about the future of our...

Astronomers say they have found the best evidence yet for an elusive class of black...

The first non-American to be added to the crew for a SpaceX Dragon flight to the International Space Station is Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi. Noguchi first visited the space station in 2005 during the first space shuttle flight following the 2003 Columbia shuttle tragedy, and rode a Russian Soyuz spacecraft for a six-month orbital stay on the station in 2009-2010. For his next mission,...

Rising temperatures may be having a profound impact on one of the world's favourite...

Scientists have been amazed at the public's response to help digitise the UK's old rainfall...

University of Washington researchers are among the leaders of a newly announced clinical trial investigating whether hydroxychloroquine, a drug that's commonly used to counter malaria and autoimmune disease, can prevent COVID-19. The multi-site trial, managed by UW in collaboration with New York University's Grossman School of Medicine, aims to determine definitively whether taking the...

A new batch of these ostentatiously coloured and popular arachnids is described in...

Scientists have taken a step forward in their ability to decode what a person is saying just by looking at their brainwaves when they...

Scientists sequenced the genomes of eight coronavirus strains circling the globe providing hints about the effectiveness of efforts to halt the...

There were the size of a hippo and...

One Grand Canyon National Park staffer said he had 600 "close contacts" with people at the park in one...

Climate change is imperiling the world's largest animals by increasing the likelihood of fatal collisions between whales and big ships that ply the same waters. Warming ocean temperatures are causing some species of whales in pursuit of food to stray more frequently into shipping lanes, scientists say. The phenomenon already has increased ship strikes involving rare North Atlantic right whales...

Mecklenburg County’s “stay at home” order allows us to exercise outside, and though playgrounds and nature centers are closed, trails remain open, so long as people stay well...

In a world desperate for good news about the coronavirus, a dip in global carbon emissions caused by the outbreak’s economic downturn might be seen as a silver lining. But climate scientists and policy experts aren’t encouraged. ...

SpaceX's Dragon XL cargo ships will support NASA's Artemis moonwalkers and allow extended...

The incredible history of the UK's heirloom plants and why they're set to make a...

NASA has tapped a type of SpaceX cargo craft that hasn't yet been built to deliver supplies to a moon-orbiting outpost that hasn't yet been launched. SpaceX's robotic Dragon XL, a cylindrical, supersized version of its workhorse Dragon spacecraft, will handle shipments to the Gateway space platform as the first commercial provider to receive a Gateway Logistics Services contract from...

Swedish authorities estimate that there are more people with COVID-19 who don't show symptoms than those in other...

Gilead Sciences received special FDA protection for the antiviral drug remdesivir. Facing criticism, it withdrew its request for "orphan...

A new study suggests that Neanderthals were skilled fishermen and that seafood was a key ingredient in their...

Don't toss your bottle of hand sanitizer just because it doesn't kill 100% of germs. Here's how sanitizer compares to soap and when best to use...

Earlier research found it's very unlikely for pregnant women with COVID-19 to infect their fetuses in utero. New reports question that...

Coronavirus haunted the hospital, but the maternity ward felt like a sanctuary from the outside world constricting to save itself from a...