An asteroid heading towards Earth is set to have an unusual fate: instead of smashing through our planet’s atmosphere, it’s ...

M embers of the San and Khoe Indigenous populations of southern Africa can still trace much of their genetic ancestry back to ...

A twin study has concluded that picky eating in kids has more to do with genetic factors than their environment.

T he highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains, formerly known as Clingmans Dome, has officially returned to its Cherokee ...

The now extinct species of panda was found in Germany for the first time and its teeth offer clues to its lifestyle.

Their findings suggest that dance is a common social display in Nomascus gibbons, and that it’s only performed by sexually ...

“Glass as a structural material kind of breaks people’s brains a little bit,” said researcher Michael Stern in a statement.

After the operation Amara’s leg was put in a cast, much like a human limb, and she was kept with her mom Meru and monitored ...

Arguably the best example of this engineering marvel exists in modern-day Iran, where the technology was invented over 3,000 ...

“The U.S. is failing one of its principal obligations as a nation: to protect the health and welfare of its people,” said Dr ...

T he not-so-sensual courting behavior of sharks has been captured on camera at an aquarium in Australia. The rare footage ...

T he entire human genome – all 3 billion or so base pairs – has been stored on a tiny, 5D memory crystal built to last for ...