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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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

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

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

Just as ocean waves shape our shores, ripples in space-time may have once set the Universe on an evolutionary path that led ...

That's why handwashing becomes especially important during the summer months. It might not be glamorous, but clean hands are ...

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