A legal scholar with a doctorate in wildlife genetics explains the promise biotechnology techniques hold for some animals ...

Earth's magnetic field and oxygen levels have increased more or less in parallel over the past 540 million years, suggesting ...

Low iron levels can flip the genetic switch on a mouse's sex during development, causing XY embryos to grow female features.

Researchers armed with the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed that some of Uranus' largest moons have one side brighter ...

Space weather experts warn that a "moderate" geomagnetic storm could rock Earth over the weekend, potentially lighting the ...

Breathing patterns among humans are so unique that they can work as an identification tool, scientists report. They propose ...

The Zanj, enslaved people largely from Africa, rebelled at the same time they were ordered to build a massive system of ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has captured a striking image of a distant quasar from the "cosmic noon," including a giant ...

A new proof-of-concept study explored the feasibility of tracking the evolution of superbug infections in real time to help ...

Activity levels in a specific region of the brain predict whether we think something is real, irrespective of whether we've ...

Small clusters of pits in tooth enamel may be traced back to a single evolutionary lineage millions of years ago.

The shoe and other leather goods from the fort, called Magna, are providing new information about shoe manufacturing ...