Japanese scientists unveil a material that dissolves in hours in contact with salt, leaving no trace behind.

The results were clear. Female faces were rated as more attractive than male faces across nearly all regions and ethnic ...

The painting in question is an oil-on-panel attributed to the Master of the Prado Adoration, a Netherlandish artist active in ...

Those bones belong to a new species, now named Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, or “Prince of Dragons.” This slim, fast-moving ...

Earlier studies had shown that nasal breathing affects brain rhythms. Inhalation through the nose, for instance, can sharpen ...

Under a sweeping new plan, robot-assisted surgery is set to become “the default” for 90% of all keyhole procedures. The ...

Now, researchers want to bring back the feel of real teeth with a new generation of implants. They’ve designed an implant ...

With a strength-to-weight ratio 10 times higher than steel and 50% greater tensile strength, this engineered wood promises to ...

In a new study, the team argues that the flash could be the first sign of dark matter ever detected on Earth. Dark matter, an ...

In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court extended the right to bear arms to every corner of the country. The landmark case effectively ...

This tiny stone is an anomaly of geology. It is the rarest kind of diamond — graded “Fancy red,” pure and unmodified by other ...

Since at least the 1950s, chess has served as a kind of benchmark for machine intelligence. IBM’s Deep Blue shocked the world in 1997 when it beat then-world champion Garry Kasparov. That machine used ...