With just a splash of color, the red planet's horizons can look remarkably like our own – blue skies and all. A 360-degree ...

"Sick building syndrome" is the general name for symptoms that can develop after spending extended periods of time in ...

The source of the shower is periodic comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Discovered by astronomers Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle in July ...

The genes of great white sharks defy scientific explanation. An animal's genome can be deeply revealing, but ever since researchers started decoding great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) DNA more ...

Theoretically, there's no limit to how massive a black hole could grow. In practical terms, other constraints, such as the ...

A study published in 2022 found a tenuous but plausible link between picking your nose and an increased risk of developing ...

Humans may be living longer on average these days, but, even so, only a fraction of us will live to see our 100th birthday.

A piece of space rock that crashed into a home in Atlanta, Georgia, had been zooming around in space for longer than Earth has existed, a recent analysis has found.

They act as microbial sponges, collecting bacteria and fungi from soil, water, pet hair and dander, and the general dust of ...

The large-scale deposits of salt around the Dead Sea, known as salt giants, are built up as the lake's highly saline water evaporates, and a new study of their formation has revealed some of the ...

Four new species of tarantula have been discovered – and if they knew the name they were going to get, they might have ...

In an experiment involving 32 breast cancer survivors, a 45-minute session of either resistance training or high-intensity ...