To celebrate its third year of operations, the powerful space telescope has peered into the heart of an empyrean essence of cat: the Cat's Paw Nebula, a giant complex molecular cloud named for its ...

Canned salmon are the unlikely heroes of an accidental back-of-the-pantry natural history museum – preserving decades of Alaskan marine ecology in brine and tin.

The blue shark ( Prionace glauca) might be more than its name. Scientists investigating the sleek ocean predator's skin ...

The effects of climate change could awaken hundreds of volcanoes worldwide – which in turn could worsen the effects of ...

Slow-motion earthquakes, as you might guess from the name, involve the release of pent-up geological energy over the course ...

We're constantly told to "eat healthy" – but what does that actually mean? Even doctors sometimes struggle to offer clear, ...

Motes of plastic less than a micrometer across could outnumber larger fragments and particles floating through the oceans to a shocking extent, a new study has discovered.

Many GP surgeries and foot clinics don't have this kit. And in many people, especially those with diabetes or stiff arteries, the test doesn't always give a clear or reliable, result. Our research ...

Your days of being frustrated by a sluggish smartphone or laptop could be coming to an end: scientists have discovered a new ...

The third object known to have entered the Solar System from interstellar space has an origin unlike either of its ...

Sticking to the Mediterranean diet, rich in plants and nuts and low in meat, could drastically reduce your risk of dementia, ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.