Quantum mechanics deals with the behavior of the Universe at the super-small scale: atoms and subatomic particles that operate in ways that classic…
The largest asteroid ever to hit Earth, which slammed into the planet around 2 billion years ago, may have been even more massive than scientists p…
If wormholes exist, they could magnify the light of distant objects by up to 100,000 times — and that could be the key to finding them, according t…
The body size of some dinosaurs is not linked to their growth rate, according to a new fossil analysis that sheds light on why some like the mighty p…
Mathematical ability is moderately heritable, and it is a complex trait which can be evaluated in several different categories. A few genetic studies…
In a study that attempts to define the nature of dark energy — a mysterious phenomenon thought to be causing the universe to expand faster and faste…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have observed six candidate galaxies with stellar masses as high as 1011 solar masses …
In 1947, American physicist Willis Lamb and his colleagues observed an incredibly small shift in the energy levels of the hydrogen atom as the atom…
Lifeforms on Mars could be evading detection by the instruments currently on the planet, scientists have warned. Probes currently being used using to…
Semi-aquatic dinosaurs which roamed southern England 125 million years ago inherited the brain capacity from their ancestors to catch the fish they s…
The world's deadliest mushroom has been invading California by cloning itself, new research finds. The poisonous "death cap" mushroom …
The Higgs boson is a neutral spin-zero boson that was hypothesized in 1964 by Peter Higgs. Its discovery in 2012 was a landmark in the history of phy…
A magnificent new species of stream frog from the Andes of Ecuador was named after J. R. R. Tolkien, creator of Middle-earth and author of famous fan…