High radiation during a time of frenzied star formation in the Milky Way left one stellar population with few chances to form planets, a study reports.

A Jurassic pterosaur fossil, known to paleontologists for over 160 years, isn’t a new species. It is an odd specimen of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri.

Thanks to climate change, thawing permafrost in the Canadian Arctic has revealed the buried remnant of a glacier that’s 770,000 years old.

The first study of copycat urination in an animal documents how one chimpanzee peeing prompts others to follow suit. Now researchers are exploring why.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a rule to drastically reduce the amount of nicotine in cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products.

Logistical needs, like employment and housing, along with psychological needs must be met after disasters like the LA wildfires, research shows.

As Trump takes office, issues of arms control, the U.S. arsenal and weapons testing will be on the radar for many nuclear weapons researchers.

A new device, modeled after a python’s teeth and grip, could double the strength of rotator cuff repairs and prevent retearing after surgery.

The gyrations of hoop-slinging robots reveal that hourglass-shaped objects are best at keeping a hoop in the air.