The geology of the ocean floor is truly spectacular — perhaps even more than land geology. Unfortunately, it's really hard to ...

A new study suggests that swearing helps people “not hold back,” boosting physical performance by nudging the brain into a ...

Recent clinical trials have shown that regular-fat cheese doesn’t ruin blood lipid profiles the way butter might. In fact, ...

Researchers have shown that a bacterium plucked from the gut of this frog can successfully eradicate aggressive colon tumors ...

Music lessons are less likely to make children smarter and more likely to reveal the curiosity and discipline they already ...

Now scientists have formally described it as a new species: Brachycephalus lulai, a pumpkin toadlet found only in a small ...

A black hole the mass of at least ten million suns is tearing through space, fast enough to escape its home galaxy. As it ...

Astronomers are scratching their heads at the odd chemistry, which hints at soot clouds and possibly diamond formation deep ...

Ramanujan’s insights into pi are now guiding scientists toward a deeper understanding of how the universe works.

The project is called Rogfast, short for Rogaland fastforbindelse, or “fixed link.” When completed, it will become the world’s longest and deepest undersea road tunnel. Stretching roughly 27 ...

Zooming in on the auditory cortex, the researchers found three unique sets of neurons that light up while we listen to music. Two sets of neurons encode absolute pitch (individual musical notes) and ...