Entire city dims its streetlights, enabling scientists to measure light pollution from space.

"Herd immunity is not a strategy or a solution. It is surrender to a preventable virus," Marc Lipsitch, an epidemiologist sai...

Swiss drugmaker Novartis is buying Vedere Bio, hoping gene therapy technology that has helped blind mice to see will produce similar re...

The Osiris-Rex probe is now safely carrying rock from an asteroid several million kilometres from Earth.

WASHINGTON -- As the effects of climate change become more devastating, prominent research institutions and government agencies are foc...

The AI can cut the time taken to detect a crater from 40 minutes to five seconds

The US hit new daily peaks for COVID-19 cases on Friday and Saturday, with reports of more than 80,000 new cases per day.

London's Natural History Museum is set to stage one of the most ambitious exhibitions in its history.

NASA says the discovery could support deep-space exploration efforts. It will share the findings in a briefing on Monday and stream the...

The Osiris-Rex spacecraft collected so much rock from asteroid Bennu that bits are leaking out.

The winners interviewed former astronaut Susan Helms for inspiration on how to design a better space toilet.

Norway pays for a monthly satellite dataset to track the state of the world's tropical forests.

Scientists have discovered the first nest of so-called murder hornets in the United States and plan to wipe it out Saturday to protect...

England's test and trace scheme needs improvement and it is hard to run an effective system when there are large and increasing num...

Prepare emergency kits with essential items for all of the members of your household — but please don't buy all of the toilet paper...

The first images are released of the Osiris-Rex spacecraft trying to grab rock from asteroid Bennu.

Osiris-Rex makes brief contact with asteroid Bennu in an effort to pick up fragments of rock.

Researchers have developed a white paint that reflects sunlight and helps cool buildings.

Four years in the making, Britain's new £200m polar ship is leaving the builder's yard for testing.

Would you like to learn in our environment what methane does? Consider Montreal's GHGSat company's latest immersive world map. Its Puls...

How a tiny insect with super-tough body armour can survive being stamped on or run over by a car.

After eight years, a Twinkie in Colin Purrington's basement "was chewy, unsweet, and smelled like rotting ginkgo fruit,"...

In any given moment, the hands could have from 100,000 to a few million germs. Any of these germs reside on your skin spontaneously to...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket shot another 60 Starlink satellites to orbit from the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday with another package pend...

ice sits on top of the Helhen Glacier near Tasiilaq, Greenland, 19 June 2018 in melt-water ponds. The Highway The second lowest level o...

Despite another promising epidemic of viral research, the National Football League initiated Sunday its drive to reopen schooling and r...

By the Balmer Crispian ROME (Reuters)-During the last 24 hours Italy reported 10,010 new infections with coronavirus. The Ministry of H...