A fourth Sun-like star loops around this tightly packed inner nexus roughly once every 1,000 days. The whole collection would fit inside f Jupiter’s orbit around the Sun. It is the most compact ...

Back from the brink. Under a microscope at Chester Zoo, UK, a greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis) awaits its ...

Mainstream chatbots presented varying levels of resistance to deliberate requests for fabrication, study finds.

The United States has slammed the brakes on legal routes to limit greenhouse gases. But cities, states and businesses can ...

The UN Sustainable Development Goals represent a carefully-crafted road map for future human and planetary prosperity.

Crystal jellyfish have an eerie beauty: thanks to a natural protein, they emit a faint green glow. For decades, researchers have used that green fluorescent protein and similar molecules to light up ...

Houchin and his colleagues studied dozens of zircon crystals from the Jack Hills in Western Australia. These are the oldest known fragments of Earth rocks. Some date back to the Hadean Eon, which ...

Weak shock waves triggered by micro-cracks in the adhesive layer of tape cause it to screech when being unspooled from its ...

Scientists say the findings are a warning about the kinds of chemical that people are exposed to in the environment.

Adults whose brains still have strong neuron production seem to have better memory and cognitive function than do those in ...

People with aphantasia are offering brain scientists a window into consciousness. This is an audio version of our Feature: Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains?

The country is facing a coming wave of dementia for its ageing population, and is investing in research into drugs, ...