I just got a whiff,” said Peter Harrison, a marine scientist, as he leaned over the edge of the boat and pointed his ...

Space is full of radiation, which is bad for both babies and non-babies alike, but we also have to worry about how microgravity affects the human body, too.

From an evolutionary standpoint, it’s ruthlessly efficient. The queen collects sperm from multiple drones in one flight, stores it for years, and then spends her life laying up to 2,000 eggs a day.

In a state renowned for spectacular scenery, Kodachrome Basin remains a secret hiding in plain sight – not shouting for ...

Located just outside the tiny town of Cannonville, this 2,240-acre masterpiece of nature somehow remains one of Utah’s best-kept secrets despite being just a stone’s throw from its more famous ...

The threats of AI underline the urgency of a revolutionary, ecosocialist break with the civilisation of capitalist growth.

Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

"If reproduction is ever to occur beyond Earth, it must do so with a clear commitment to safety, transparency and ethical ...

AI chatbots are getting better at answering questions, summarizing documents, and solving mathematical equations, but they still largely behave like helpful assistants for one user at a time. They’re ...

From ‘Blade Runner’ to ‘Alien’, these sci-fi classics deliver worldbuilding tension and ideas that define everything the genre promises.

The oldest known wooden tools have been found in an opencast mine in Greece. They are 430,000 years old and were made by an unidentified species of ancient human – perhaps the ancestors of ...

It’s the kind of back-and-forth found on every social network: One user posts about their identity crisis and hundreds of others chime in with messages of support, consolation and profanity. In the ...