A three-part complex based on the molecules that give "Conan the Bacterium" its radiation resistance may protect humans ...

Henry the Nile crocodile will celebrate his 124th birthday at the Crocworld Conservation Centre in South Africa on Dec. 16.

The world's first nuclear-diamond battery uses carbon-14, which has a half-life of 5,700 years, to power devices.

The blob — an extreme marine heatwave that hit the northeast Pacific between 2014 and 2016 — killed approximately 4 million common murre, and the population is yet to recover, a new study finds.

"She still has one final gift for us, which is that she's now going to continue on as a weather station of sorts." ...

Fragments of a helmet recovered from the Sutton Hoo ship burial show that early-medieval metalwork could be decorative and ...

An atom's cloud of electrons makes it difficult to determine an exact boundary for "touching," Baird said. Instead, it is ...

A silver amulet found in a 1,800-year-old grave in Germany speaks to the importance — and the risk — of being Christian in ...

If you missed the peak of the Geminid meteor shower earlier this month, don't worry — there's still another chance to catch a ...

Composite images reveal how the sun's corona changed from one total solar eclipse to another in 2023 and 2024, just as solar ...

Given an infinite amount of time, an infinite number of monkeys randomly prodding keys on a typewriter could, in theory, ...

Two cannons found at a site dating to 1541 in Arizona may be the oldest surviving firearms in the U.S. They were abandoned by the Spanish after they were defeated in battle.