A fossil Pleistocene-age hominin jawbone discovered in Taiwan has now been identified as belonging to a Denisovan, according ...

A team from the Max Planck Research Group for Systems Immunology at the University of Würzburg has identified a previously unknown phase of the immune response. The results, published in Science, ...

There's little point in buying an electric vehicle if you're charging it with electricity generated by fossil fuels. In fact, when it comes to carbon dioxide emissions, your EV may be doing more harm ...

There is a point in human history where everyone alive at the time fits into one of two categories: Either they are the ancestor of nobody alive today, or they are an ancestor of ev ...

Researchers have succeeded, for the first time, in displaying three-dimensional graphics in mid-air that can be manipulated ...

Northwestern University researchers have developed the first wearable device for measuring gases emitted from and absorbed by ...

New Curtin University research into the overlooked environmental impact of pet dogs has found far-reaching negative effects on wildlife, ecosystems and climate. While ecologica ...

The idea that dinosaurs were already in decline before an asteroid wiped most of them out 66 million years ago may be ...

A global study of more than 66,000 participants has revealed which groups of people are most susceptible to misinformation.

A team of international scientists has invented a substitute for synthetic chemicals, called PFAS (perfluoroalkyl substances) ...

CERN wants to build a new particle collider which will smash protons together at roughly 6 times the energies seen at the Large Hadron Collider. This project is likely to cos ...

A mysterious patch in the Pacific Ocean is defying all climate models - it is inexplicably cooling while the rest of the world is warming. Stretching off the west coast of Ecuador, thi ...