Think of ocean plastic and you may picture bottles and bags bobbing on the waves, slowly drifting out to sea. Yet the reality ...

Scientists have found blood protein signals that may flag multiple sclerosis up to seven years before symptoms begin.

Raw meat goo makes prime real estate for microbes, and a new study suggests these luxuriously moist abodes are a significant ...

Researchers found that the fringes of Arctic sea ice tend to host more nitrogen-fixing bacteria and higher nitrogen-fixing activity. This suggests that as Arctic ice rapidly melts with climate change, ...

Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Italian polymath who painted the Mona Lisa, had a sophisticated geometric understanding far ...

A species of shark never before documented killing humans has now done so, devouring a swimmer in a chilling first.

Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei.

Gray hair is nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, according to a new study by researchers in Japan, the presence of gray hair ...

The Southern Ocean has been dutifully gobbling up a century's worth of carbon dioxide and heat released by human activities, ...

The glow-in-the-dark bats you're hanging to decorate for Halloween might be more biologically accurate than you thought.

A treatment that simultaneously targets two age-related pathways in frail adult mice has been shown to extend their lifespan ...

Emerging adulthood – the life stage that unfolds around ages 18-25 – is full of major transitions, such as starting college ...