The bacterium Alcaligenes faecalis was first discovered in faeces – but it turns out to have healing properties for the ...

Fossils found 50 and 100 years ago seemed to pinpoint the moment humanity emerged – but defining a human has turned out to be ...

During the Olympic equestrian events of dressage, horses display dance-like steps that demand high levels of muscular ...

Turning around and backing up out of pools found in tree hollows may help mating Charles Darwin’s frogs find a safe place to ...

Two studies have linked "problematic smartphone use" to higher rates of anxiety, depression and insomnia among teenagers, but ...

Short-lived neutron stars may explain both the extreme magnetic fields of black holes and gamma ray bursts, the most powerful ...

Although previous studies have found hydrogen and oxygen in moon minerals – implying the presence of water – whole molecules of H2O have never been detected in lunar rock until now ...

Josh Malerman, James S. A. Corey and Neal Asher all have new science fiction novels out in August, making it a bumper month ...

Astronomers have spotted two colossal clusters of galaxies colliding and shooting out all of their dark matter, which may ...

A strain of green algae has been artificially evolved to turn carbon dioxide into sustainable fuel and plastic ...

Researchers were surprised to find that a very slightly curved object produces a more dramatic splash than a perfectly flat ...

Calculations show that nerve fibres in the brain could emit pairs of entangled particles, and this quantum phenomenon might ...