Back in 2006, a strange polar bear was seen in the Northwest Territories of the Canadian Arctic. It had patches of brown on its otherwise white fur and an unusual face sh...

The spread of agricultural practices across Europe 5000 years ago may have introduced sex-based division of labour among the population, according to a new study that she...

Scientists at a leading global grains research institute expect to sharply ramp up new wheat varieties enriched with zinc that can boost the essential mineral for million...

The mysterious Australian megafauna extinction may have been caused other factors such as climate change and not physical characteristics, a new study has found. Giant an...

Drug-resistant mutations in a malaria parasite may be gaining a foothold in Africa, according to data from a new study. The research, which has been published in The Lanc...

S cientists are hopeful that a psychedelic compound unique to magic mushrooms could one day be used to treat people suffering from depression, after a new study showed it...

I n the years since she says extraterrestrial beings took her from her suburban yard outside Rochester, New York, Virginia Stringfellow has kept her story mostly within a...

Are you confused by scientific jargon? So are scientists Polje, nappe, vuggy, psammite. Some scientists who study caves might not bat an eye, but for the rest of us, thes...

I nitially lauded as a tool with which to ease humanity’s passage out of the Covid-19 pandemic, the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine has since fallen from favour in many parts...

A powerful new idea about how the laws of physics work could bring breakthroughs on everything from quantum gravity to consciousness, says researcher Chiara Marletto Phys...