Beneath the ice of Saturn’s moon Enceladus lies an ocean that seems an unlikely home for life. Its water is highly alkaline, ...

Every morning, a gigantic cloud stretches across the Martian sky, reaching up to 1,800 kilometres before vanishing just hours ...

A forested mountain stream can be far from busy roads and still receive plastic pollution from the air. A study in western ...

More than 115 million Americans live with prediabetes, a condition that often sits quietly in the background until it becomes type 2 diabetes. For years, researchers have asked whether a simple, ...

Most of us think of sitting as one big category. Too much of it is bad, and that is the end of the story. But new research suggests the picture may be more complicated than that. The real question may ...

We’ve all experienced that post-workout mental clarity - that feeling of being a bit "sharper" after hitting the gym or going for a run. But what is actually happening inside our heads to cause that?

Three faint smudges in James Webb’s data may be pointing to something astronomers have argued about for years: “dark stars.” The name sounds like science fiction, and it’s misleading. These objects ...

Thinking of astronaut food we often imagine floating packets of pre-cooked meals. But as our aim for space missions becomes longer and humans plan to stay on the Moon or even Mars, having access to ...

Ever wonder why, despite getting enough sleep, you still feel exhausted, moody, or unfocused? Research suggests the issue might be your exposure to artificial light at night, such as screens from ...

Mars, our neighbouring planet, is now a cold and dusty desert. But billions of years ago, it looked a lot different, covered in rivers and lakes that left behind canyons and valleys. What changed Mars ...

Staying cool during hot summer days usually means relying on energy-intensive air conditioners. However, new materials created using machine learning and artificial intelligence promise to change this ...

Scientists at the University of Manchester and The Australian National University have created a new molecule that may soon enable ultra-compact hard drives (the size of a postage stamp) by allowing ...