William Maillis is literally a “genius.” By the time he was only 7 months old, he was already speaking in full sentences. Just before his second birthday, he was adding ...

Think back to grade school biology class and you may recall how tadpoles, those tiny, tailed swamp-dwellers, transform ...

Despite the yearning of science buffs and Jurassic Park enthusiasts everywhere, humans haven't quite figured out how to ...

Scientists are baffled by the resurgence of what they assumed was a defunct extra bone behind the knee. ...

The record for the longest-living vertebrate was broken two years ago, as biologists used groundbreaking radiocarbon dating to ...

Chinese scientists have created a liquid metal that morphs and bends like the T-1000 killer robot from Hollywood's The ...

Zoos and nature reserves are some of the most fascinating attractions known to mankind. With the opportunity to ...

Despite unbelievable advances in medical science in recent decades, breast cancer kills. Approximately 1 in 8 American women ...

Commentary It’s an unfortunate theme of our times: One can support science or one can believe in a ...

The man who volunteered to be the first to have his entire head transplanted to a new body ...

The physicist and astronomer who discovered the Oumuamua, the first interstellar object ever discovered in the solar system, ...

In this series, Myths: Mapping Our Way Home, James Sale revisits why myths—all but discounted today—remain crucial to ...

LONDON—Stephen Hawking was a cosmic visionary, a figure of inspiration and a global celebrity. His unique status is ...

STOCKHOLM, London—Two Americans and a Briton won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Oct. 3 for harnessing ...

WASHINGTON–The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule on Tuesday that would limit the kinds of scientific data ...

The footage shows what appears to be just a spider, but upon closer examination, a parasite emerges. The ...

Since first being listed as endangered, the manatee population has rebounded to over 6,600 individuals.

The newly discovered fossil is 3.77 billion years old.

All over the country, students are breathing in air pollution that can cause major health issues. And the ...

Scientists can use X-rays to reconstruct text from ancient, fragile scrolls without touching the artifacts.

Opponents and proponents of genetically modified food have invoked science in their arguments, but science has no definitive ...

New areas of large-scale motion along the San Andreas fault system have been discovered, according to the University ...

Intuition can help people make decisions more quickly, accurately, and confidently, according to a study by researchers at ...

Archaeologists in Cambodia have found medieval cities between 900 and 1,400 years old buried beneath Cambodia's jungle floor. ...

The harm microplastics have wrought upon the marine environment is well-known, but a new report suggests the plastics ...

Geologists have recently discovered a 'zombie volcano' in Matata—a small town located in the North Island of New Zealand. ...

Materialism and psychical research are often viewed as antithetical. But psychic phenomena and the occult have been with ...