The dwarf planet Makemake, which chills out in the deep freeze of the outer Solar System, might be home to an ice volcano 1.

The only continent where amber had not been found no longer has that distinction, thanks to a sediment core drilled just ...

Stimulating certain brain cells in mice seems to ease anxiety without causing hallucination-like effects. Targeting just the ...

David Posner hopes that his teaching and outreach programmes could apply to other low- and middle-income countries.

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Microorganisms on a sample of asteroid are clearly terrestrial — despite strict protocols to avoid contamination.

Six years of observations show that play encourages group efforts and eases tension between adult chimpanzees.

AI-enabled research might cause immense harm if it is used to design pathogens with worrying new properties. To prevent this, ...

Since a schizophrenia drug, the first in decades with an innovative mechanism of action, gained US regulatory approval in ...

Bites from insects infected with modified malaria parasites boosted immunity and stopped people from contracting the disease.

A strain of avian influenza is showing signs of adaptation to human hosts, but there is no evidence that it can transmit from ...

Every year, people in central and southern Africa light fires to clear cropland, generating smoke particles that travel ...