Researchers in the United Kingdom say they have successfully trialed what could become the world's first gene therapy for ...

There's no escaping the unrelenting passage of time, but supercentenarians who live to see their 110th birthday have a ...

One of Jackson Pollock's most famous 'action' paintings features a striking turquoise hue that, for 77 years, has remained a ...

It's that marvelous time of year when the internet gets to vote for its favorite stuffed bear – the wild kind.

For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000, NASA and its international partners have sustained a continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit, including at least one American – a streak ...

The Irish mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton, who was born 220 years ago last month, is famous for carving some mathematical graffiti into Dublin's Broome Bridge in 1843.

Specific combinations of microbes living in our mouths have been associated with one of the deadliest cancers in humans, suggesting good oral hygiene could do more than just save our teeth.

The main working hypothesis for the Mercury problem says that the planet is the victim of a collision with a different-sized object. The cataclysmic collision stripped much of the planet's mantle and ...

Researchers in China have opened a new window into the deep past by blasting dinosaur eggs with a laser, dating them directly for the first time.

NASA on Tuesday said it was on track to send astronauts to orbit the Moon in early 2026, as the United States races China to return to the lunar surface.

Imbibing even the smallest amounts of booze can raise your risk of dementia, according to the largest combined observational ...

The new guidelines also emphasize the fact that diet can have a major impact on blood pressure. They recommend that all ...