With many rivers and aquifers tapped beyond their limits, UN scientists say the world is entering an era of 'water bankruptcy.'

Scientists saw an inactive black hole 'reawaken' from a 100-million-year nap with fire and fury.

'Super agers' are those aged 80+ who have cognitive abilities similar to people who are 20–30 years younger.

On a late night in the Philippines, zoologist Terry Gosliner slipped into the waters of a sandy harbor, on the hunt for photos of octopus an...

The discovery marks the first time scientists have found mummified big cats in the Arabian Peninsula.

A new digital system allows operations on a chip to run in parallel, so an AI program can arrive at the best possible answer more quickly.

Having too little 'beige fat' can send blood pressure levels skyrocketing, increasing the risk of serious problems like heart attack and str...

Scientists say their Stomata In-Sight tool can observe plants "breathe," which could be used to bioengineer crops that require less water, m...

A new software package detailed by Chinese scientists promises to tell what time it is on the moon, accounting for effects of relativity.

There are only about 380 North Atlantic right whales left on the planet. Scientists spot dozens of endangered right whales in Mass. water...

Scientists calculate that last year was one of the three hottest on record, along with 2024 and 2023. The trend indicates that warming could...

The stomach of an Ice Age puppy is shedding new light onto the woolly rhinoceros and what—or what didn't—cause these horned giants to die ou...

By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Earth’s average temperature last year hovered among one of the three hottest on reco...

For 21 years, the SETI@home project tapped personal computers to analyze unusual radio signals from space.

Researchers are studying ice cores extracted from Tajikistan, where glaciers have resisted the rapid melting seen almost everywhere else, to...