Iran has reported eight deaths and 43 infections from the new coronavirus, prompting neighbouring states to cut travel links with Tehran amid concerns authorities failed to respond fast enough to the rapidly-spreading epidemic.

It was said that all he touched turned to gold. But destiny eventually caught up with the legendary King Midas, and a long-lost chronicle of his ancient downfall appears to have literally surfaced in Turkey.

My father recited Rumi to me as I grew up. I finally chose to listen.

Astronomers have spotted an asteroid that has been captured by Earth's gravity, making it a temporary mini-moon. It will probably fly away again in April

An Antarctic island that was once hidden has been uncovered after melting glaciers caused by high temperatures revealed its shore.

The Heathrow judgment was a watershed. Now we must target other projects that put profit before life on Earth, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

More money is needed to tackle the "nature crisis" in Wales, environmentalists say.

Many see remdesivir as one of few drugs that has reasonable prospect of helping patients

Scientists say a fossil from Myanmar represents the tiniest dinosaur ever found.

Life is rife with patterns. It's common for living things to create a repeating series of similar features as they grow: think of feathers that vary slightly in length on a bird's wing or shorter and ...

You've probably heard that our oceans have become a plastic soup. But in fact, of all the plastic that enters Earth's oceans each year, just 1 percent has been observed floating on the surface. So where is the rest of it?

The US has been the most productive country for science and technology for decades. Many of the basic policy tenets that supported American prowess date back 75 years, to a document called Science: The Endless Frontier.

Washing hands and cleaning and disinfecting high-touch surfaces are two of the best ways to defend against spreading the coronavirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (...

The moon has been the Earth's companion in the Solar System for almost 5 billion years. It is the only place beyond Earth where humans have set foot.

Long before the comfort of modern amenities, ancient human communities were capable of living in some truly harsh and frigid environments.

The announcement comes weeks after President Trump limited the number of Chinese citizens who can work in the United States for five state-run Chinese news organizations.

Indigenous people face a growing threat as evangelical Christians use their influence with Brazil’s government to step up their efforts

Forget the economy and the financial markets and imagine a new world order.

A preview of what you can expect with the new P40 flagship

Discovery adds to growing evidence that Neanderthals were very similar to modern humans