According to the new data, Jupiter's radius measures 71,488 kilometers (44,421 miles) at its equator, and the planet rises 66 ...

Some forms of dementia may not be confined to the central nervous system; they may not even begin in the brain.

Archaeologists have discovered a 10,000-year-old site with rock art in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, the country's Ministry of ...

In previous work, Stupp and his team developed a material called IKVAV-PA that they used to reverse paralysis in mice with ...

If the animal kingdom is anything to go by, love is, indeed, a many-splendored thing. We humans may have slightly over-complicated the process, with our penchant for ever-changing hairstyles and a ...

This week in science: Mysterious molecules on Mars are tricky to explain without life; a compound that cuts cholesterol as a daily oral pill; an experimental new treatment for sleep apnea has a 93 ...

Getting older might seem like a slow, gradual process – but research suggests that this is not always the case.

Human sperm can swim through surprisingly viscous fluids with ease – and they seemingly defy Newton's third law of motion to do so.

Ever worried that skipping breakfast might leave you foggy at work? Or that intermittent fasting would make you irritable, ...

Humans are spending more time in outer space than ever, and we're bringing our gonads with us. But scientists are concerned ...

In 1532, in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and a group of Europeans took the Inca ruler ...

A recently discovered brain network may be the core circuit underlying symptoms of Parkinson's disease. The network is called ...