New calculations put the date much closer than we should be comfortable with

Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.

Global action is urgently needed to tackle microplastic – and the problem has never been more pressing.

Monument’s largest ‘bluestone’ moved more than 450 miles – a discovery researchers say rewrites relationships between Neolithic populations

Some of our favorite food crops around the world aren't reaching their full potential because of fewer visits from the insects that pollinate them, a new study has found.

Tiny fragments of microplastics are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, significantly through our food and drink.

The guitarist has spent a decade studying the science of bovine tuberculosis and identified a new method of spread.

Females have twice as many copies of some genes as males do – and exactly how different species manage this imbalance has puzzled scientists for decades.

Birds in Europe are prying up the metal barbs, meant to repel them from roosting on buildings, and using the devices as nesting material

Not everything that happened this year was terrible.

An inescapable form of human pollution is seeping into our bodies in ways we never fully realized.

Books take a lot of resources to make. Digital readers do, too. What's the more sustainable option? The answer isn't straightforward.

Study confirms Philip Morris International, Danone, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are worst offenders

People suspected the Dendra armor was ceremonial, but new tests show its utility.

For 100 years, Egypt’s scientists have watched as their nation’s story was largely told by institutions from Europe and the United States. Can a stunning new museum change that narrative?

Tardigrades are possibly the most indestructible animal on Earth.