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It uses a washable photocatalytic filter instead of replaceable HEPA filters. But is it a game-changer, or a missed opportunity?

The quasi-periodic eruptions of X-rays from a black hole 300 million light-years away are unlike any researchers have ever seen before.

A 35-year-old man who couldn't pass urine learned that the cause of his obstruction was a giant worm living in his kidney.

Scientists thought they saw a distant star swallow a planet for the first time ever. But new observations from the James Webb Space Telescop...

Discover interesting facts about the origins of primates, what they eat, and if they have thumbs.

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or caterpillar — into...

A Tyrannosaurus rex researcher has found that there are now more scientifically valuable T. rex specimens in private or commercial ownership...

The San Diego Zoo Safari Park's elephants raced to protect their calves with an "alert circle" when a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck Julian...

Scientists on an icebreaker ship have captured a number of weird and wacky animals from Antarctica's ocean floor, including a bizarre pig-sh...

This 2024 astronaut photo shows the striking colors of Iraq's Razazah Lake, surrounded by a host of strangely circular fields.

Clone Robotics' Protoclone android can be seen flexing its bionic muscles in a new video, creepily jerking its limbs back and forth as it ha...

"Once the egg hatches, the ant has only a few weeks of life before it succumbs to the manipulations of its attacker, stumbling away from its...

Up to 18 "shooting stars" per hour may be visible during the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower on April 21-22.

Discover important facts about what climate change is, what's causing it, and what we can do to stop it.

The researchers directing excavations at the Platform 11 residence in El Palmillo, Mexico.

Performed remotely in Mexico by engineers and embryologists in New York, an automated fertility treatment resulted in conception and, more r...

Doctors in the U.K. have warned gynecologists of the risks of necrotizing fasciitis in the external genitalia after seeing several cases.

In a new study, researchers found that the inflammation behind painful episodes in sickle cell disease are correlated with the menstrual cyc...

Quantum superposition is a phenomenon in which a tiny particle can be in two states at the same time — but only if it is not being directly...

This little bear carved out of amber might have been an amulet for a Stone Age hunter.

That second wave of energy is a normal part of the human circadian rhythm, but lifestyle factors also play a role.

An executive order critiques the idea that race is a human invention. But that's exactly what modern science supports.

Earth's oceans could one day turn purple.

The Eye of Horus is frequently found in ancient Egyptian burials, particularly on wedjat amulets.

You don't need plate tectonics to get continental crust that looks modern, a new study finds.