New research suggests the genetic coding behind skin pigmentation is more complicated than previously thought, involving a varying number of known and unknown genes depending on where in the world you're from.

Elon Musk's Boring Company, which was founded to create tunnels for an underground transportation system in Los Angeles, has released a map illustrating a proposed network for those tunnels.

When it comes to persuading parents in the United States who are hesitant about vaccinating their children, the public health messages often rely on facts and science to explain how immunisation not only protects those children but also shields oth

There are an awful lot of peculiar mysteries in space, made all the more enigmatic because we can't get a close, detailed look at them. One of the most mysterious is a phenomenon called high-velocity clouds - enormous, fast-moving clouds of ga

An exotic kind of particle so mysterious that it was suspected to be impossible has finally been identified by physicists – and not just once, but twice.

The animal kingdom is home to one remarkable fact after another.

There's something really viscerally satisfying about bursting a juicy pimple, even though science recommends that you really shouldn't… but there's a wrong way and, as it turns out, a much more wrong way: cutting it off with a woodworking tool.

It's the simplest trick in the pantry - pour sugar into a jar, run out of space, then tap the jar on a table to pack it down so you can fit in the rest of the bag.

When it struck, the contagion spread fiercely. The deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in South China in 2002 infected thousands, and ultimately killed nearly 800 people.

According to a new study, it's possible that all iron-based weapons and tools of the Bronze Age were forged using metal salvaged from meteorites. The finding has given experts a better insight into how these tools were created before humans worked

Plant scientist Joanne Chory has US$3 million more than she did last week.

China is now the proud owner of the world's first all-electric cargo ship and has already put the vehicle to use.

Throughout history, humans have employed falcons as lethal hunters of other animals. Now those raptors are being sent after drones.

Type 2 diabetes isn't necessarily for life, with a new clinical trial providing some of the clearest evidence yet that the condition can be reversed, even in patients who have carried the disease for several years.

The discovery of a protein signature in women with a history of suicide attempts raises hopes we could soon have the tools to predict future risks of self-harm.

Picture a scientist. Seriously, right now. I'm not going to discuss the nature of the person that you have in your mind (although I am going to guess: White? Male? Crazy hair? That's not surprising, but another topic entirely).

An absolutely gargantuan black hole 800 million times the mass of the Sun has been discovered 13 billion light-years away, and it's sent the way we think about the early Universe into a spin.

Birds are the modern incarnation of dinosaurs.

People tend to adapt, capable of shifting towards one idea in favor of another as more information come in.

A seven-year-old Australian boy who is missing most of his visual cortex has surprised doctors by being able to see well enough to recognise faces and play soccer - the first known case of its kind.