A study of more than 100 genomes from people who lived in ancient China has unmasked a "ghost" in their midst.

A cocktail of FDA-approved cancer drugs, trametinib and rapamycin, boosts the lifespan of lab mice by 30% and might help ...

A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds ...

Alterations to a single gene in the plague bacterium's genome have shed light on a method the germ has used to survive and ...

The world’s largest drone "mothership" is getting ready for deployment in June. It’s designed to carry and launch up to 100 ...

The land under South Africa steadily rose between 2012 and 2020, a new GPS-based study finds, and drought may be the main ...

Higher global temperatures mean the intertropical convergence zone could shift south — throwing off precipitation trends for ...

A study suggests that Venus' volcanic "pancake domes" push the planet's crust down, forming bulges toward the surface. This ...

New research has revealed that a domed array of loudspeakers can create virtual soundscapes capable of blurring human ...

The discovery of a 43,000-year-old fingerprint in Spain is challenging the idea that Neanderthals were not capable of ...

The USGS has announced that Kilauea volcano is ejecting fountains of lava in a manner not seen since the Pu'u'ō'ō eruption in ...