A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases—the molecular "letters" of life—have been detected in samples from the asteroid Ryugu.

A team of scientists at Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences have uncovered a mechanism that allows ...

Misinformation about mRNA cancer vaccines threatens their transformative potential in treatment and prevention, highlighting ...

Discover the Minor Planet Centre, the key hub for tracking and verifying observations of small solar system bodies.

STFC opens new scale-up facility at Sci-Tech Daresbury to support north west start-ups in life sciences and deep-tech, helping firms like ...

The planet’s northern forests hold enormous amounts of carbon in spruce, pine, and thick, needle-rich soils. But a major new ...

A Superior Court judge said he is inclined to allow the state to introduce new evidence surrounding warrantless cellphone data used by police to track down and arrest Logan Clegg, ...

Who inspired this tongue twister? Millie Carter tells the story of Mary Anning to honour the pioneering female palaeontologist, and the legacy she left.

Scientists discovered that Greenland’s ice sheet may be slowly churning deep below the surface, revealing a hidden process ...

All five canonical nucleobases, which form the basis of DNA and RNA that carry genetic information, were found in sand samples taken from the asteroid Ryugu by the Japanese Hayabusa 2 probe, ...

A haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate, according to researchers who say it’s the oldest such recording ...

Researchers on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, recently discovered the oldest known recordings of whale sounds and believe the ...