For decades, scientists believed water was the essential cradle for life. But new research suggests life’s building blocks ...

They're not actual spiders, of course, but rather strange geological features.

This smell has been reported before by people with hyper-sensitive noses, including a woman named Joy Milne who inspired this ...

From “realm” to “swift,” a set of distinctly ChatGPT-esque words — dubbed “GPT words” by the researchers — are steadily ...

For decades, marine scientists have tried mimicking nature’s hydrodynamic brilliance. Seals, whales, and rays slice through water with uncanny efficiency. Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), by ...

The numbers speak for themselves. Cycling can be at least four times more energy-efficient than walking and eight times more efficient than running. This efficiency comes from minimising three major ...

In a historic milestone for space exploration, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has delivered the closest-ever images of the Sun — a blistering 3.8 million miles from its roiling surface. The new images ...