For humans, the predictable structure of a nursery rhyme melody helps make it simple enough for a child to learn. For a ...

The Tintina fault stretches 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) across northern Canada, crossing the Yukon and ending in Alaska.

You say potato, I say tomato? Turns out one helped create the other: Natural interbreeding between wild tomatoes and potato-like plants in South America gave rise to the modern day spud around nine ...

A small, retrospective study in a part of Utah known for poor air quality retraced pollution exposure levels in patients ...

In November 2020, a freak wave appeared, lifting a lone buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters (58 feet) high.

Sharks with frickin' lasers are tired news. Peacocks, apparently, are where it's truly at. Famous for their dazzling iridescence, peacock feathers are known to contain nanostructures that scatter ...

A potential new male contraceptive drug has just undergone its first tests in human volunteers. The results give the first ...

Researchers have now found that those with the poorest sleep rhythms may face a 2.8-times-higher risk of Parkinson's disease, ...

Breast cancer patients who have been in remission for years or even decades may still need to be cautious about respiratory infections.

The earthquake near the east coast of the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia on 30 July 2025 generated tsunami waves that have ...

In a galaxy some 450 million light-years away, a brilliant flare of light revealed a probable black hole that suddenly woke from its slumber to snack on a passing star.

In July 2024, the peak of the Northern Hemisphere summer, heavy rainfall and thunderstorms battered much of Mexico. This came ...