Normally, the enzyme ALDH2 breaks down an alcohol by-product called acetaldehyde, which can cause red flushes and headaches ...

HD 140283, better known as the Methuselah star, is around 200 light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Libra. It is ...

“Personally, after watching hundreds of spiders, there is no doubt in my mind that they experience dreams, just like no one ...

I t's been a bumper year for the manta ray with a brand new species added to the roster, and they’ve even been seen being ...

The "Chicago rat hole" became so famous it is now housed in the City Hall-County Building. Scientists studying it found a few ...

Scientists at the time had a theory, however. Perhaps, Clark suggested, the holes were made by certain bacteria present in ...

Decades after the discovery of the Oldowan toolkit, we’re still waiting for the species responsible to put their hand up.

In an interview with the BBC, professor of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of ...

“While we have known for some time, based on animal studies, that brain chemical systems are ‘plastic’ – capable of change ...

Coronal mass ejections are powerful releases of plasma, electrically charged particles from the Sun. The Sun is constantly ...

First discovered in 1997, Karahan Tepe is a sprawling 12,000-year-old site where rows of stone pillars are carved with mysterious human figures and animal depictions, hinting at a lost culture from ...