In Europe alone, widespread drying had major consequences: reduced river flows hindered hydropower generation, crop yields ...

An elusive fungus capable of generating quantities of a compound used to synthesize the hallucinogen LSD has finally been ...

A woman in Texas has died from a rare brain infection after flushing her nose with water stored in the tank of a recreational ...

Though rare, there are a few examples of animal collectives that link their bodies in creative ways to move around. Ants can ...

Seismic monitoring all over the globe registered a strange signal that repeated every 90 seconds over a whopping nine days, ...

When the New Horizons spacecraft swept past Pluto and Charon in 2015, it revealed two amazingly complex worlds and an active ...

The daily ritual of imbibing a hot cup of freshly brewed and fragrant coffee isn't just good for the soul – it may be one of the ways to smooth the road to healthy aging for women.

A drug used to relieve the debilitating symptoms of menopause may also be reducing the risk of invasive breast cancer, a new clinical trial by Northwestern University suggests.

The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the Universe – a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang ...

Dust from the Sahara desert will cloud the skies of the US southeast this week in an annual weather event that doesn't always ...

Global politics don't feel particularly cooperative at the moment, but which countries could actually feed themselves ...

When stimulated by the parasympathetic nervous system (sometimes known as the "rest and digest" system), it contracts to ...