In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable ...

Climate change − a global phenomenon − can neither be confirmed nor disproven by comparing Antarctic sea ice extent on two ...

If you like the smell of spring roses, the sounds of summer birdsong, and the colors of fall foliage, you have the stabilization of the ozone layer to thank for it. Located in the stratosphere, where ...

A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large fraction of the size ...

The tale of Fermat's last theorem took hundreds of years and included tantalising twists, disappointing errors and a ...

NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars. Administrator Bill Nelson presented two ...

Geophysicists at ETH Zurich are using models of the lower mantle to identify areas where earthquake waves behave differently ...

Registered dietitian nutritionist Carrie Dennett predicts that misinformation and pseudoscience related to health are going ...

While the story of Adam and Eve might seem far-fetched, there is now a growing body of evidence which suggests that at least ...

Prior to the start of the Scientific Revolution in the 17th century and the practice of the scientific method, magical thinking almost entirely ruled human civilization.