The very first stars in the universe may have been much smaller than scientists thought — potentially explaining why we can't find evidence...

Combination drug treatment outperformed most commonly used flu medicine Tamiflu, researchers say

New quantum computing system allows multiple users to run programs simultaneously using virtual machines.

By MELINA WALLINGAn iconic Argentinian glacier, long thought one of the few on Earth to be relatively stable, is now undergoing its “most s...

Scientists identified an iron-rich mineral on the surface of Mars that suggests the planet’s surface may be more dynamic than we thought.

Scientists have synthesized methanetetrol, an elusive alcohol that could be the foundation of alien life.

The world experienced its third-warmest July on record this year, the European Union agency that tracks global warming said Thursday, with t...

The funding cuts are part of a monthslong battle that the Trump administration has waged against some the country's top universities. Harv...

ROME (AP) — The world experienced it’s third-warmest July on record this year, the European Union agency that tracks global warming said Thu...

A new study has found that the devastating sea star wasting disease is caused by a strain of bacteria from Vibrio pectenicida, which turns t...

Scientists identified 17 moves practiced by the birds that have never before been recorded in the scientific literature.

Scientists have used an ultrafast laser to heat solid gold to 14 times its melting point without turning the metal into liquid.

The mass die-off, which began in 2013, saw sea star populations plunge and reshaped vital marine ecosystems in the U.S. and Canada.

Scientists have warned that Earth's rotation is set to speed up on Tuesday. While they do not know what is causing it, they fear it could le...

A critically endangered sunflower sea star. (Courtesy of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums)Scientists say they have at last solved the...