Until recently, type 2 diabetes has mainly been managed by controlling risk factors – such as high blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar (glucose) levels –...
A roiling cloud complex, thick with the turbulence of star formation, is yielding up new clues as to the formation of our Solar System. Analysis of...
The mysterious Denisovans were only formally identified about a decade ago, when a single finger bone unearthed from a cave in Siberia clued scientists in to...
A huge horde of mixed animal bones, including the remains of humans, has been found in an ancient lava tube in Saudi Arabia. The hollowed cave,...
Black holes are great at sucking up matter. So great, in fact, that not even light can escape their grasp (hence the name). But given their...
Three volcanoes in the Alaskan chain of Aleutian islands are currently erupting, and two others are rumbling with disquiet. According to a report by NBC, it’s...
Vaccine and drug development, artificial intelligence, transport and logistics, climate science – these are all areas that stand to be transformed by the development of a...
July was the hottest month globally ever recorded, a US scientific agency said Friday, in the latest data to sound the alarm about the climate crisis....
The main types of dog coats we see today have been around since the earliest days of domestication, according to new research. Some patterns might even...
Fruit bats might not have the greatest eyesight, but they know a good smell when they sniff one. Even in the dark of night, the olfactory...