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

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.

an experimental cancer drug appeared to re-energize the brains of mice that had a form of Alzheimer’s — and even restore their ability to learn and remember.

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

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

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.

Cesare Mencarini’s recent extended project qualification (EPQ) earned him an “A” for his studies in the United Kingdom—and became, it is believed, the first nuclear reactor built in a school environment.

Researchers found differences in the gut microbes of autistic people, raising hopes for faster diagnosis

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

how various circuits throughout the brain align their firing is an enduring mystery, one some theorists suggest might have a solution that involves quantum entanglement.

The Pulsed Plasma Rocket could significantly shorten a round-trip to Mars, reduce risks to astronauts' health, and be ready to launch in 20 years.

Animals can sleep on the wing, standing up, sitting in a tree or diving in the ocean. Many don't close their eyes, and some don't even have eyelids. Here are some of the strangest ways to snooze.

Once upon a time, Earth was barren.

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

Undergraduate Danielle Oste found something thousands of scientists had overlooked.