The ancient Egyptian god of the moon had two very different faces: a crescent-beaked white bird and a silver-coated baboon.

A brewing "super" El Nino cycle is poised to unleash heat waves, floods and drought worldwide, with the effects amplified by ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Department of State Health Services have reported a likely case of ...

A team of Brazilian researchers discovered the first direct evidence that goethite—the mineral responsible for the brown ...

IBM and researchers from the University of Chicago announced a demonstration in quantum computing that meets the fundamental ...

Our sun constantly releases a stream of high-speed charged particles, known as the solar wind. Unlike Earth, Mars does not ...

Two plants that cause neurotoxicity and paralysis in the tiniest doses are also known to counter pain, malaria, cancer and ...

Strict regulations have prevented continental U.S. beekeepers from participating in the lucrative organic honey market, but new research finds that bees' actual habits make certain rules too extreme.

Grounding intermittent art festivals such as the Setouchi Triennale within the resource capacities and social thresholds of ...

The human genome contains more than 20,000 genes. However, at any given time and in a given cell, only a fraction are active.

A strengthening El Niño that could shatter all-time records is "adding fuel to a planet already on fire" and pushing the ...

Hungary's sole nuclear power plant will be shut down next week because of low water levels in the Danube, Prime Minister ...