Gravity has shaped our cosmos. Its attractive influence turned tiny differences in the amount of matter present in the early ...

People from Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and the north-east of England are better at detecting someone imitating their accent ...

Coal ash—the chalky remnants of coal that has been burned for fuel—has been piling up across the United States for decades.

When leaders visibly champion diversity and equality in the workplace, they send a clear message that such values are not ...

Rosalind Franklin, James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA—that molecular blueprint for life—over 70 ...

A collaboration between The Wistar Institute and the University of Buea in Cameroon has uncovered the mechanisms for a ...

Astronomers at the University of Toronto (U of T) have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence ...

Researchers at University of Limerick in Ireland have developed a new method of growing organic crystals that can be used for ...

Close your eyes and picture the iconic "bullet time" scene from "The Matrix"—the one where Neo, played by Keanu Reeves, ...

A long, long time ago, marsupials the size of small trucks, 2-meter-tall "thunder birds" and 5-meter-long venomous lizards ...

Sugar addiction is on the rise. Globally, sugar intake has quadrupled over the last 60 years, and it now makes up around 8% ...

Humans have been turning wild animals into pets for thousands of years. Pets—animals kept for companionship, not for food or ...