CSIRO has created a complete, high-resolution underwater map of Tasmania’s Lake St Clair to finally determine the lake’s true depth.

A new experimental compound may help protect the liver after surgical removal of parts of the small intestine.

The evidence shows that the ‘Ubeidiya site is at least one million nine hundred thousand years old. This finding represents a ...

A remote island in the Southern Ocean is revealing subtle but potentially far-reaching shifts in Earth’s climate system. Credit: Shutterstock New research shows storms in the Southern Ocean are ...

A newly identified termite species with a whale-like head reveals unexpected diversity within the Cryptotermes genus.

A bright new lunar crater detected in spacecraft images shows that asteroid impacts continue to reshape the Moon’s surface today. The Moon’s familiar surface tells a story of both ancient violence and ...

A breathtaking astronaut photo reveals El Salvador’s Lake Coatepeque—an ancient volcanic crater lake that sometimes mysteriously turns brilliant turquoise. Lake Coatepeque, located just inland from El ...

A rare looping dinosaur trackway in Colorado reveals new clues about sauropod movement and hints that the massive animal may have walked with a limp.

Scientists have developed a new blood test that could spot Alzheimer’s earlier by detecting hidden changes in how proteins fold in the bloodstream.

Physicists have recreated the Nobel Prize–winning quantum Hall effect using light, revealing that photons can follow the same ...

A new catalyst built from isolated indium atoms allows scientists to convert CO2 into methanol more efficiently while revealing the hidden chemistry that drives the reaction.

Scientists say the path to commercial fusion power may hinge on better ways to measure the behavior of superheated plasma.