One step closer to a real treatment.

Gravitational lensing used to find a puzzling object at the centre of the galaxy Planet or dead star? The Universe is full of oddball objects that simply don't sit neatly into categories. Take a hint, Pluto. Astronomers have used the

Like finding a needle in a haystack of haystacks

Don't believe the headlines that say there's a disaster coming.

It's all in the algorithm.

Maybe it's time we Homo sapiens reevaluated our relationship with the oceans of the world.

We all get stressed out. But typically, when we stress, we don't produce electricity.

The World Health Organisation estimates that one million people die from suicide each year, which is about one death every 40 seconds. In the last 45 years global suicide rates have increased by 60…

Want to see something that makes scientists gasp? Feast your eyes on this video, showing a direct observation of CRISPR-Cas9 munching up a piece of DNA. In real-time.

Astronomers have spotted a trio of galaxies that look remarkably like the giant spiral of the Milky Way and its two brightest companions, the Magellanic Clouds

At just 11 light-years from our Solar System, a newly discovered exoplanet is the second-closest we've ever found that's temperate enough to potentially host and sustain life.

It's the oldest known life form on Earth.   A remote, protected world heritage area has been found to be the home of living stromatolites, the world's oldest evidence of lifeforms.   They were found in freshwater spring mounds in the

Yet another step closer.

One of the first things we're told not to do in chemistry class is eat or lick the samples.

The vast majority of humanity can only imagine what it's like to spend your days travelling around the planet and watching its changing clouds, landscapes, cities and lights from far, far above.

Astronomers confirm the source of electron bursts in whistling space waves Space sure is noisy. Every now and then, the drizzle of charged particles that seeps through Earth's protective magnetic shell erupts into a sudden downpour. Researchers

In 2015, NASA announced that it had "the best evidence yet" for water flowing on the surface of Mars: Dark, apparently damp streaks spotted on the Red Planet contained salts associated with liquid water.

Seeking to prove that a conspiracy of astronauts fabricated the shape of Earth, a California man intends to launch himself 1,800 feet (549 metres) high on Saturday in a rocket he built from scrap metal.

Russian billionaire Yuri Milner is considering privately funding a mission to Enceladus, one of the prime places to search for life in our solar system

A new record, with weeks to go before the year is up.