Research suggests that whether people view the world as competitive or cooperative impacts how they perceive antagonistic ...

Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the solar system? The idea has been around since before the ...

Researchers say they have finally uncovered the mysterious origins of one of our favorite carbs: the humble potato.

Eris-1, the first rocket fully built by an Australian company, crashed back to Earth 14 seconds after taking off from a ...

Now, a new study has used computer models to reveal that lightning strikes as the result of a powerful chain reaction that ...

A lightning "megaflash" that zipped across five U.S. states has set a new record for the longest ever detected.

A new assessment of the enormous Tintina fault suggests it has been slowly accumulating strain over thousands of years.

A 3D analysis comparing the way fabric falls on a human body versus a low-relief sculpture shows that the Shroud of Turin was ...

The viruses that kill bacteria may be our best bet against antibiotic resistance — if we can understand how they win.

A new analysis used near-infrared photography to shed light on the methods and tools for creating tattoos in the Early Iron ...

A laboratory experiment suggests caffeine may boost E. coli’s antibiotic resistance. However, whether this discovery applies to real-world infections in people is not yet known.

Astronomers believe they have spotted an elusive intermediate-mass black hole shredding a distant star, and they have re-created the stellar murder in a stunning new animation.