Lichens are true pioneers, setting themselves up in environments so harsh as to be considered virtually barren.

For those whose weekdays are too busy for regular anxiety-soothing exercise, a long weekend hike could still do the trick, a ...

Matter and antimatter should have completely wiped each other out eons ago, leaving the Universe a very empty place.

The "music" of starquakes – enormous vibrations caused by bursting bubbles of gas that ripple throughout the bodies of many stars – can reveal far more information about the stars' histories and inner ...

Beneath the American Midwest, on the continent of North America, the underside of Earth's crust is dripping into the ...

Scientists said Wednesday they have developed the world's tiniest pacemaker, a temporary heartbeat regulator smaller than a grain of rice that can be injected and controlled by light before dissolving ...

Stimming – short for "self-stimulatory behaviour" – is a form of self-soothing commonly seen in autistic people.

Currently a harsh, arid sandscape, it's hard to believe the Sahara was once studded with sparkling water bodies that ...

Getting a headache during or after exercise can be seriously frustrating – especially if you have kept hydrated to try and ...

An exotic state of matter has been found lurking within a previous exotic state that was discovered in a magnetic compound ...

Just when you thought you could relax about putative 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4, back it comes, with a vengeance.

The damage climate change will inflict on the world's economy is likely to have been massively underestimated, according to ...