Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the solar system? The idea has been around since before the ...

Researchers say they have finally uncovered the mysterious origins of one of our favorite carbs: the humble potato.

Eris-1, the first rocket fully built by an Australian company, crashed back to Earth 14 seconds after taking off from a ...

A 3D analysis comparing the way fabric falls on a human body versus a low-relief sculpture shows that the Shroud of Turin was ...

The viruses that kill bacteria may be our best bet against antibiotic resistance — if we can understand how they win.

A laboratory experiment suggests caffeine may boost E. coli’s antibiotic resistance. However, whether this discovery applies to real-world infections in people is not yet known.

A new assessment of the enormous Tintina fault suggests it has been slowly accumulating strain over thousands of years.

A new analysis used near-infrared photography to shed light on the methods and tools for creating tattoos in the Early Iron ...

Several vaccines for HIV have been tested in animal studies and an early safety trial in people, showing promising results in ...

Astronomers believe they have spotted an elusive intermediate-mass black hole shredding a distant star, and they have re-created the stellar murder in a stunning new animation.

Klyuchevskoy volcano in Russia erupted shortly after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake in the same region. Klyuchevskoy volcano in eastern Russia began erupting shortly after a powerful 8.8 ...

Archaeologists are excavating a Roman-era watchtower in Croatia that was "built in a strategic location" on the banks of the ...