Fueled by abnormally warm Caribbean waters, Hurricane Melissa exploded into a Category 5 cyclone while moving at little more ...

Flatworms are infamous in biology labs for their surreal ability to regenerate heads when you decapitate them.

Scientists have developed the tiniest pixel ever made – just 300 × 300 nanometers – and it's bright enough to rival today's ...

In fact, prolonged fasting can be dangerous, especially for people already weakened by cancer or its treatments. While fasting can influence metabolism, immunity and some aspects of cell growth, there ...

A computer that relies on fungal mycelium to store information could one day be a low-cost alternative to the current ...

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

Researchers found that the fringes of Arctic sea ice tend to host more nitrogen-fixing bacteria and higher nitrogen-fixing ...

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

In the run up to the launch of the latest series of The Kardashians, her new legal drama All's Fair and the celebrations for ...

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

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

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