For decades, astronomers have known that supermassive black holes lurk at the hearts of essentially all large galaxies, ...

The genetics behind spiral growth patterns is an area of active study, with recent research uncovering differences in the ...

Nature follows mathematical rules and creates repeating patterns across completely different organisms and environments.

A wobbling jet from a giant, voracious black hole is suppressing star formation in a distant galaxy—and astronomers have ...

Belarusian scientists have assembled a unique collection of DNA from Belarusian long-livers, which contains biomaterial samples from 200 people over 90 years old and about 500 people aged 60 to 89 ...

Magnetism is usually taught as a story of straight lines, with field arrows marching neatly from north to south. In a lab at Florida State University, that picture has just been shattered by a new ...

Yuwei Gu conceived this idea while hiking on a park trail and noticing plastic bottles littered around.

Australia's women began the year in all-conquering style with a historic 16-0 Ashes whitewash of England in the multi-format ...

Animals have evolved to sleep in extreme ways — for example, taking micro naps during parenting, sleeping on the wing during ...

Animals have evolved crab-like bodies at least five times throughout history, a process known as carcinization.

A man who shot two people dead on the same day four years ago has been ordered to spend life in prison with no chance of parole for 13 years. Mitchell McIntyre, 66, was sentenced on Thursday afternoon ...

The new Hollybrook nature reserve is being created on the Strawberry Line between Cheddar and Wells, near the beautiful ...