Chimpanzees can change their minds when the facts no longer support their previous beliefs – a rational level of thinking that was once considered uniquely human.

Fossilized predator bones found in the legendary Cretaceous dinosaur graveyard of Hell Creek did not belong to a baby Tyrannosaurus rex after all.

Tracking your steps each day can be a useful barometer of physical activity, but health recommendations based solely on step ...

As Halloween approaches, stories of witches and their potions resurface, often featuring eerie plants like belladonna, ...

Hurricane Melissa is tearing through the Caribbean, bringing record-breaking wind and torrential rain to Jamaica – the island ...

The wide frequency coverage of GLEAM gave astronomers the first "radio colour" map of the sky, including the galaxy itself.

In partnership with NASA, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has executed the first test flight of the X-59 quiet supersonic ...

Spraying particles into Earth's atmosphere to try and cool a warming planet might sound like a good idea in theory, but it will only work if it's done properly – and even then, it could carry risks ...

The team hypothesizes that the snakes have enzymes that convert the deadly substances into nontoxic forms, much as human ...

Modifications to a type of immune cell programmed to recognize and kill cancerous tumors could make them even more effective ...

Greenland is writhing as eons of ice accumulation and steady melting cause its foundations to change shape. This deformation, ...

The Chernobyl exclusion zone has been almost completely vacant of humans since 1986, when a reactor exploded at the nuclear ...