A group of brain cells called orexin neurons appears to help us keep working when reaching a reward becomes increasingly ...

An exceptionally preserved snake fossil from Brazil reveals that early snakes were far more diverse than scientists once ...

A tiny 518-million-year-old sea creature has revealed the earliest known evidence of the structures that eventually became ...

Historic wildfires scorched huge areas of Spain and France, with one Spanish blaze burning an area about the size of New York ...

Photons traveling through a cloud of atoms can emerge so early that they appear to have spent a negative amount of time ...

A specially engineered chewing gum reduced HPV by up to 93% and nearly eliminated two bacteria linked to head and neck cancer. The treatment preserved beneficial mouth bacteria, raising hopes for a ...

August brings four major celestial events, including a solar eclipse and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. Dark New Moon skies could make the Perseids especially impressive, while Venus will ...

Scientists have successfully generated electricity with a hydrogen turbine that produces its own pressure through detonation waves instead of relying on a mechanical compressor. The breakthrough could ...

Chemotherapy-surviving ovarian cancer cells may release fructose to help neighboring tumor cells loosen, escape, and spread.

A new 3D printing technique can produce exceptionally hard tungsten carbide cobalt while using less of its expensive raw ...

Weight loss is not simply a test of willpower. The human brain evolved to protect body fat during times of scarcity, and it ...

Scientists have figured out how two famously poisonous plants create chemicals with surprising medical potential. After ...