Einstein was aware of the effect but said in 1936 that "there is no hope of observing this phenomenon directly." But as ...

Nearly two decades after suffering a brainstem stroke at the age of 30 that left her unable to speak, a woman in the US ...

They say one person's trash is another's treasure, but a chunk of 'rock' used to keep a door open for decades is a treasure ...

Floating about in microgravity might seem like a blissful reprieve for the human body's weight-bearing skeleton, but when ...

Once again, Mars has presented us with an example of something it seems to have in abundance: extremely peculiar and baffling ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet.

An unusual pattern of tiny rock tunnels, first found in Namibia's desert roughly 15 years ago, could be the work of an unknown life form – a mysterious microorganism unlike any other described ...

Europe's CERN laboratory said on Monday that a detailed analysis revealed no technical obstacles to building the world's biggest particle collider, even as critics took issue with the "pharaonic" ...

A pair of orcas terrorizing white sharks off the coast of South Africa may have captured the popular imagination, but their activities may be quite damaging, new research suggests.

One of the most consumed drugs in the US – and the most commonly taken analgesic worldwide – may do a lot more than simply ...

But new data from a recent clinical trial suggests that a previously discontinued experimental drug, called gantenerumab, ...

Would you add a few more vegetables and whole grains to your diet in return for a healthy old age? A new study has broken ...