New evidence of cremation 9,500 years ago in south-central Africa challenges long-held notions about how hunter-gatherers ...

Most of the time, you assume your brain is either “on” or “off,” awake or asleep. A new study shows something far more ...

Buffett may still be chairman, but Berkshire's next big deal (or big buyback) will likely have Greg Abel's fingerprints on it ...

Accutane, known generically as isotretinoin, is not simply a strong acne medication. It is a systemic retinoid that ...

Most of the planets we’ve identified are in orbit around stars and formed from the disks of gas and dust that surrounded the ...

Rogue planets — worlds that drift through space alone without a star — largely remain a mystery to scientists. Now, ...

Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can ...

NASA’s Mars rover finds organic signals in mudstone that resemble microbial activity, sparking new debate over life on the ...