Old military air samples turned out to be a treasure trove of biological DNA, allowing scientists to track moss spores over ...

A major new meta-analysis finds that vegetarian and vegan diets can support healthy growth in children when properly planned.

Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in ...

For years, scientists thought Saturn’s moon Titan hid a global ocean beneath its frozen surface. A new look at Cassini data ...

Getting ahead financially is mainly about what you earn at work, not what you make from investments. Researchers found that ...

Long before opioids flooded communities, something else was quietly changing—and it may have helped set the stage for today’s ...

By studying tiny distortions in the shapes of distant galaxies, scientists mapped dark matter and dark energy across one of the largest sky surveys ever assembled. Their results back the standard ...

Superconductors promise loss-free electricity, but most only work at extreme cold. Hydrogen-rich materials changed that—yet their inner workings remained hidden because they only exist under enormous ...

An instrument aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft captured rare ultraviolet observations of an interstellar comet while Earth-based telescopes were blinded by the Sun. The spacecraft’s unique ...

Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to ...

In a rare and historic achievement, Children’s Hospital Colorado successfully completed its first dual heart and liver ...

Spending a few hours a week helping others may slow the aging of the brain. Researchers found that both formal volunteering ...