The object orbits a brown dwarf that orbits a star, and astronomers aren’t sure if it’s a planet, a moon — or something else ...

Scientists documented humpback whales hunting together at the seafloor, coordinating their arrival to scoop up sand lances.

A new snake’s unique head anatomy suggests early snakes were even more diverse than thought. This one was a rare burrower.

For Caribbean box jellyfish, learning is literally a no-brainer. In a new experiment, these animals learned to spot and avoid obstacles despite having no central brain, researchers report September 22 ...

But a new documentary series tells a different story: one about survivors. Pompeii: Out of Time, hosted by actor Tom ...

Humans could learn from chimpanzees and bonobos, who turn to group members for physical comfort during tense moments.

Shigella causes about 450,000 U.S. infections each year. An experimental oral vaccine protected adults in a small human trial ...

In sci-fi, AI can navigate the unknowns and — ideally — keep human travelers safe. But it’s not intelligent enough to do that ...

A small study suggests emotional fit, not perfect accuracy, may make chatbot versions of dead loved ones feel real.

In 2021, local journalists reported that the University of Pennsylvania had been keeping human remains from the ...

A new generation of therapies aims to intervene at a recently discovered gap between the disease’s molecular march and its ...

Scientists recovered ancient human DNA from cave walls for the first time. Refined, the method could help link prehistoric ...