Jupiter may be the king of planets in our Solar System, but in other star systems across the galaxy, even larger planets orbit billions of miles from their stars – in places where traditional ...

Scent is essential to ant society: every ant within a colony wears the badge of membership in the form of smelly hydrocarbons.

The third phase of a migraine attack is the headache. This is when people typically experience a throbbing or pulsating ...

Restricting a strange class of particles known as anyons to one dimension could force them into adopting one of two new forms ...

The key to heart health isn't cutting down on pasta or potatoes, new evidence suggests; it's not even a low-fat diet.

Researchers have made a significant step forward in understanding how gut bacteria, and specifically a newly discovered virus ...

The message is simple: wake earlier, perform better. But the science tells a more complicated story. For many people, a 5 am ...

The single whistler event was recorded over a crustal magnetic field, at an altitude of 349 kilometers (217 miles) on the ...

Overall, our study suggests that reducing sugary drink consumption could be a helpful way to support adolescent mental health. While numerous studies have investigated the impact reducing sugary drink ...

The brain's 'garbage disposal' system falters with age, a new study finds, with long-lived neurons offloading clumpy, old ...

More than 12,000 years ago, two closely-related women – a mother and her daughter, perhaps – were buried in an eternal embrace.

A woman in the United Kingdom, who was born without a womb, has recently given birth to a healthy baby boy in a medical first ...