Tropical cyclones – also known as hurricanes, typhoons or storms, depending on their location and intensity – are among the ...

In an effort to combat Alzheimer's disease, scientists are looking at existing drugs that could treat the condition, and a ...

There, in the depths of Sulfur Cave, a team of scientists has discovered what they think might be the largest known spider ...

Once common contributing factors such as body mass index and smoking status were factored in, the final calculations showed ...

A Swiss biotech company is putting a new longevity supplement to the test, and the latest clinical results are promising.

In 1949, famed mathematician and physicist John von Neumann delivered a series of addresses at the University of Illinois, ...

Our bodies are in a constant state of ebb and flow, from the breaths we're taking to the fluids washing our brains clean each night.

A monumental complex built by the Maya around 3,000 years ago was modeled on a map of the cosmos, new fieldwork has revealed.

A new map of the empire's ancient land routes has nearly doubled the length of the confirmed ancient Roman road network, from 190,000 to 300,000 kilometers (118,000 to 186,000 miles) – with the major ...

We don't all respond to the same diets in the same way, and results from a new study help explain why: Gut microbes that ...

Genes on the sex chromosomes would be expected to show different activity between men (with an X chromosome and a Y ...

A suspected strike by "tiny space debris" has delayed the return of the Chinese spaceship Shenzhou-20 and three astronauts, ...