A skeleton in England may have belonged to a gladiator who died fighting a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study finds.

A parasitic worm may raise the risk of cervical cancer through several mechanisms, scientists have found, although HPV ...

Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...

QNodeOS is the world's first operating system designed for quantum computers and will enable connections between different ...

The new super-strong copper alloy can be used to build better airplanes and spacecraft.

In an unusual case, a man's multiday bout of hiccups was triggered by a respiratory infection. The symptoms: The patient went ...

Scientists on an expedition to the South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica have recorded horrifying videos of parasitic ...

According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to see who would be ruler of Egypt. During the fight, Seth mut ...

NASA has released the Lucy spacecraft's first close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing a peanut-shaped rock that could shed light on how planets formed in our solar system.

While the Statue of Liberty may not be submerged, low-lying places like Ellis Island could be underwater. By 2100, sea-level ...

"The 2010 cold snap may have created a subset of pythons better able to survive cold temperatures — and thus better adapted ...

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has discovered unusual "float" rocks on the rim of Jezero Crater while searching for signs ...