It’s the end of the world as we know it — a lot sooner than we think. A team of researchers have drastically scaled back the ...

Conducting research is hard; confirming the results is, too. And artificial intelligence isn’t yet ready to help, a major new ...

Results from massive, ‘eagerly awaited’ initiative reinforce concerns about the credibility of science — but raise hope for ...

A multi-year study of the reliability of published social & behavioral science research has found that only about half of ...

In May 2006, Tim Stinson travelled to England to tour the libraries of London, Oxford and Cambridge. At the time, he was ...

Marine heat waves are supercharging damage caused by hurricanes and tropical cyclones across the globe, a new study found.

For decades, the strongest evidence for the earliest human settlement in the Americas came from a site in Chile called Monte ...

A recent climate science paper outlines extreme risks that could reshape life on Earth if left unchecked.

The most probable origin of the “nine lives” notion is that cats have a “righting reflex” which allows them to twist and turn ...

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So ...

A cave in Belgium has revealed unsettling evidence that Neandertals selectively cannibalized outsiders, focusing on women and children. The victims weren’t from the local group and appear to have been ...

Your daily interactions are quietly aligning your gut bacteria with those around you, according to new research.