Research published Tuesday is the first to connect the dots between a common herpes virus, head injury, and Alzheimer's.

Okay, maybe you’ve never wondered who invented swim flippers… but here’s a fun fact: It was Benjamin Franklin, when he was ...

In the world's deepest undersea chasm, more than 6.7 miles from the Pacific Ocean's surface, Dawn Wright embarked on a mission in a never-before-seen area of the Challenger Deep. But she soon ...

An international team of scientists announced Thursday they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles (2.8 kilometers) to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice ...

Fossils of two prehistoric marine molluscs with distinctive spiky “hairstyles” have been discovered and named Punk and Emo. Their strange appearance highlights the ancient diversity of ...

Your favorite word game with a science twist. Mini-crosswords will return January 13!

The mini VR headset also relied on widely-available tools such as Godot game engine and a Raspberry Pi 4, which the team rigged with a split-screen display driver. Ultimately, the team’s work ...

Last year was the warmest on record, the first to breach a symbolic threshold, and brought with it deadly impacts like flooding and drought, scientists have said. Two new datasets found 2024 was ...