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Cracking the code: Using genetic genealogy to unmask se...

Barbara Rae-Venter never anticipated that her genealogy hobby would lead to the ...

Teenager wants to cure skin cancer with soap

Teenage scientist Heman Bekele's ultimate goal is to cure melanoma. After winnin...

How to know if journals are predatory or credible

Cabells Publishing, a scholarly analytics company, has flagged more than 19,000 ...

North America's oldest known pterosaur discovered in Ar...

Researchers were able to date the fossil of the flying reptile, a close cousin o...

The stories behind history's most haunting shipwrecks

From the Clotilda to the Titanic, archaeologist James Delgado shares insights fr...

U.S. will screen passengers from China for new illness

There is growing concern about a rare, flu-like virus that has caused at least t...

Space X launch scrubbed, flight aims to test safety pro...

Space X is gearing up for a crucial test that could help send astronauts to spac...

Can scientists learn about Earth by looking at Venus?

Scientists say Venus may hold important insights into some of humanity’s biggest...

Honda hails successful test of reusable rocket as it se...

Japan's second-biggest carmaker, Honda, has successfully tested an experimental ...

Plastic bag bans and fees work to curb litter, study says

Researchers conducted the first systematic review of policies around the U.S. to...

SpaceX Starship upper stage explodes during countdown t...

A SpaceX Starship upper stage exploded during ramp-up to an expected engine test...

French scientists discover new blood type in Guadeloupe...

Thanks to DNA sequencing, the discovery of new blood groups has accelerated in r...

Trump administration's cuts to National Science Foundat...

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from making drastic cuts to res...

Killer whales caught on video grooming each other with ...

A study published in the journal Current Biology describes a new example of tool...

First close-up images of Mars ridges show "dramatic evi...

The new images by the Curiosity rover on Mars show "dramatic evidence" of ancien...

James Webb telescope captures images of possible newly ...

The exoplanet, a planet beyond our solar system, has been dubbed TWA 7b after NA...

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