In a surprise conclusion to a project dubbed The Final Experiment, several well-known believers in a non-spherical Earth have ...

The United States has redefined what qualifies as "healthy" food for the first time in 30 years, striking items like white ...

The discovery of new fossils reveals that a species first found in 1969 is not a member of the ginseng family, as scientists ...

The world has been getting hotter for decades but a sudden and extraordinary surge in heat has sent the climate deeper into ...

It's time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships, airplanes, and (given the time of year) Santa's sleigh: the ...

The number of people classed as obese in the US has dipped for the first time in more than a decade, giving experts some hope ...

A previously unknown disease that has claimed the lives of dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to be malaria ...

Colorectal cancer's characteristic tumors are spurred on by chronic inflammation, and new research shows this might be linked ...

What, exactly, is your cat thinking? Scientists came up with a questionnaire in 2021 that might give you some idea of where ...

A complete mastodon jaw has been discovered in the back yard of a New York home, along with a few other bits and pieces of ...

A living time capsule frozen in the depths of Lake Enigma in Antarctica contains a unique ecosystem that has been isolated ...

Squirrels might look like adorable, nut-hoarding furballs, but some are ruthless predators that hunt, tear apart, and devour ...