One-horned creatures are found in myths around the world. In southern Africa, colonial European ideas encountered older indigenous beliefs about one-horned creatures.

Parshvanath Jain Temple in Khajuraho, India, boasts a remarkable most-perfect magic square.

Gestures represent “an undercurrent of conversation” that happens in parallel to speech, even if their significance is “often unacknowledged.”

Ben Hu denies he was sick in late 2019, or that his coronavirus work led to COVID-19, and newly declassified U.S. intelligence doesn’t substantiate allegations against him.

If you took all of the imaginable tones that a human can hear and combined them together, you would have white noise.

Physicists have long explored how phenomena in groups of three can sow chaos. A new three-body problem, they warn, could lead to not only global races for new armaments but also thermonuclear war.

Science Alert, June 29, 2023

It's official. There's something out there shaking the stars in a way that can no longer be ascribed to chance. Several teams around the world have independently found a signal in the timing of flashing stars called pulsars that points to giant, long-wavelength gravitational waves rolling through the galaxy.

A new method to test some of the most influential and far-reaching theories of physics has been devised. And it has to do with time distortion.

According to the National Science Foundation, the "Epoch of Reionization" marks a pivotal period in the history of the universe when the first stars and galaxies emerged, dispelling the dark and dense fog that had shrouded space.

The sun is quickly approaching a major peak in solar activity. Experts warn it could potentially begin by the end of 2023, years before initial predictions suggested.

"It is exactly the kind of scenario that would trigger a big discussion if it were to happen in a space tourism flight."

Four teams have coaxed human stem cells to organize themselves into embryo-like forms. The advance could shed light on fertility.

Researchers reduce the risks and costs associated with deep-sea exploration: Send down subs, but keep people on the surface.

Scientists behind cultivated meat say it's no longer necessary to slaughter animals. They produce meat by growing cells extracted from an animal's body. And, today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture gave its first clearances to sell meat produced this way.

Inside Climate Change, June 22, 2023

Networks of thousands of home-based batteries could be key to a cleaner, more reliable electricity system.

Even if you don’t mind watering, mowing, and chemicals, lawns are terrible.

Plenty of news stories have focused on the danger posed by Kessler syndrome. In this condition, space is made inaccessible by a cloud of debris surrounding our planet that would destroy any further attempts to get into orbit.

The world has failed to understand the social nature of diabetes and underestimated the true scale and threat the disease poses.

Growing evidence supports the benefits of a whole-food, plant-based diet, which includes reduced blood pressure, lower cholesterol, improved heart health, and diabetes outcomes.

Yes, but you have to pick the right routine.

What's your biggest obstacle to healthful eating? Perhaps you think fruits and vegetables are too expensive or just don't like the way they taste. Your local farmers markets can help you overcome these barriers.

The truth about inflammation: all you need to know about 2023’s hottest health topic, from causes to cures.

If you could do one thing to improve your health, strength training should be at the top of your list. It involves using one or more muscle groups to perform a specific task, such as lifting a weight or squatting.

According to a new study, eukaryotes -- complex life forms with nuclei in their cells, including all the world's plants, animals, insects and fungi -- trace their roots to a common Asgard archaean ancestor.

These stealthy survival tactics could teach us how to curb the widespread use of chemical pesticides in agriculture. But first, researchers must learn how seemingly helpless flora deploy this masterful strategy.

The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai submarine volcano produced a record 2,600 lightning flashes per minute

Hundreds of fires continue to blaze in what officials say could become Canada’s worst fire season in recorded history.

Atmospheric rivers carry vast amounts of moisture globally from the tropics to the poles.

Indigenous knowledge allowed ecosystems to thrive for millennia — and now it’s finally being recognized as integral in solving the world's biodiversity crisis. What part did it play in COP15?

A new analysis shows the world lost 10 million acres of tropical forest last year — an area the size of Switzerland.

Industrial marine and coastal fin-fish aquaculture, such as salmon farming, accounts for just a fraction of aquaculture, and comes with a host of negative environmental impacts.

After examining decades of once-secret files, researchers find that DuPont and 3M waited at least 20 years before disclosing dangers of PFAS.

While the strategy is being touted as a way of helping the world transition to a post-carbon economy, some environmentalists fear that it will result in drained wetlands, diverted streams, and the disturbance of carbon-rich peatlands.

A rare quantitative analysis gives corporate climate initiatives a mixed report card.

The famed environmentalist founded an organization called Third Act to empower older adults to protect the planet.

"Urgent action is needed now more than ever to prevent a catastrophic ecological collapse," said one campaigner in response to the new research.

Planet is being hit by double whammy of global heating and emerging El Niño.

A “heat dome” is parked over Texas and Mexico and is sending temperatures soaring to record—and potentially deadly—levels.