Will two rare supernovas finally tell us how fast the universe is expanding? Perhaps, but we'll have to wait for it for them to 'reappear'.
Astronomers have discovered how "forever young" stars stay blue and bright despite being almost as old as the universe.
The time it takes for the sun to completely rotate depends where on the sun you are measuring.
After the asteroid smashed into Earth around 66 million years ago, it didn't take life that long to rebound, a new study finds.
Scientists discover a tipping point that took place in 2000, where El Niño’s effect on sea ice loss in Siberia was amplified.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists now says humanity is a metaphorical 85 seconds to global disaster.
Neanderthals repeatedly returned to the cave to store horned animal skulls, revealing this cultural tradition was transmitted over time.
An 11th-century monk saw the famous "Halley's comet" first as a child and later as an adult, new research finds.
The mystery of a Stone Age teenager's death has been solved — 80 years after he was found in an ancient burial ground in Italy.
A new study shows that organic residues from a Roman-era glass medicinal vial came from human feces.
In 1963, researchers unearthed two Stone Age skeletons that were buried in an embraced position in a cave in Italy. Now, DNA testing has revealed that one of them had a rare genetic condition.
A new study comparing 59 species of primates linked same-sex sexual behavior to scarce resources and more predators in socially complex species. The findings show diverse sexual behaviors are common — and likely beneficial in primates.
Scientists say grooves on a rock face overlooking the Adriatic Sea may have been made by sea turtles fleeing an earthquake.
Sharktober is real in Hawaii — and it's down to the reproductive pattern of predatory tiger sharks, an analysis of 30 years of data reveals.
An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown branch of life, researchers say.
A new study suggests that lifespan might be 50% heritable — although for now, it's hard to know if the finding applies across diverse populations.
By targeting three key growth pathways at once, researchers eliminated pancreatic tumors in multiple mouse models and prevented the cancer from returning, a promising step toward overcoming treatment resistance.
Nearly 790 people, primarily children, have been infected in South Carolina's ongoing measles outbreak, officials report.
Designed to assist rather than replace doctors, a new autonomous tool scans clinical notes to highlight patients who may need urgent follow-up for cognitive decline and potential dementia.
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Virtual assistants mostly adopt 'female' personas, but all that does is exacerbate the notion that women are subservient.
The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.
The six-year Dark Energy Survey has released its full results, showing that two leading models of cosmology are equally valid — but both fail to explain one key observation.
Astronomers found evidence that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at a "fundamental breakthrough" that challenges our understanding of how the universe evolved.
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