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.

After 20 years of slow, careful excavation, the world's most complete skeleton of an ancient human ancestor has just been unveiled.

Chess isn't an easy game, by human standards. But for an artificial intelligence powered by a formidable, almost alien mindset, the trivial diversion can be mastered in a few spare hours.

As if experiencing a traumatic brain injury wasn't enough of a problem on its own, it turns out the consequences can have an unusual effect on a remote part of the body – the lower intestine.

While on a walk over the weekend, Pamela Wang, a resident of Kealakekua, Hawaii, found something miraculous: a 5.23-pound (2.37kg) avocado the size of her head.

Scientists are reporting what could amount to be the firmest evidence yet of genetic links to male sexual orientation, in the first published genome-wide association study (GWAS) examining the trait.

A new type of temperature-sensitive gel, which can protect a wounded eyeball and then later be removed with cold water, could be vital in saving the vision of people who get injured a long way from the nearest medical facilities.

More than 17 feet (5.2 metres) long and weighing more than 130 pounds (60 kg), with more rows of sharp teeth than you ever cared to imagine - a Burmese python has been captured and killed in the Florida Everglades.