Scientists are predicting a rare meteor outburst this week that may be brief but incredibly intense.

Historical burial customs of children around the world often tend to be special, but every now and again, something really stops scientists in their tracks. An ancient burial just uncovered in Salango, Ecuador is a real doozy: two infants buried wi

A new study in the headlines this week has renewed claims that fish oil pills might be helpful for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children, but a deeper look at the research says it's too early to say anything for sure.

Having insults hurled our way is never going to do wonders for our self-esteem, but it turns out that disparaging remarks can cut us even when they're delivered by a robot.

SpaceX's Starship Mark 1 prototype rocket partially exploded during a pressure test in Boca Chica, Texas.

In the state of Western Australia sits the famous Wolfe Creek crater, the aftermath of a 14,000-tonne meteorite crashing into Earth thousands of years ago. A new study now claims the impact happened far more recently than we suspected, prompting a

The most in-depth radio survey ever taken of the southern sky has helped astronomers find the remnants of dead massive stars nobody knew were there. It's also produced some gorgeous images in the process.

Nine human species walked the Earth 300,000 years ago. Now there is just one. The Neanderthals, Homo neanderthalensis, were stocky hunters adapted to Europe's cold steppes.

Tesla finally revealed its outrageous Blade Runner-style pickup truck, the "Cybertruck", at an event in LA on Thursday evening.

You can't tell from Earth, but the Sun's outer atmosphere is hundreds of times hotter than its surface – it's a long-standing mystery that astrophysicists have been working on for years, and now we might just have an answer.

In some of the earliest cave drawings ever found, the mighty horse reigns supreme over all other animals. Depicted with precision and gusto, this majestic creature is hard to miss.

After nearly reaching the depths of extinction, humpback whales in the southern Atlantic ocean have resurfaced once again.

In the spring of 2017, a college student named Mary spit into a tube and sent it to the DNA testing company Ancestry, which analyzed it and sent back a breakdown of her family history.

Hundreds of years ago, the west coast of South America was ruled by the Incas - a mysterious empire considered to be the most elaborate society to exist in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus. This is not their story.

When it comes to cutting water consumption to be kinder to the planet, changing the coating on your loo might not be the first step you think of – but a team of scientists has given this some very serious consideration indeed.

My brain can't tell the difference between Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling. And the Hollywood Chrises? Yeah... forget it. I have a condition called prosopagnosia, which means I have no talent when it comes to recognising people.

Surviving the worst mass extinction event in the planet's history is bound to give you a big head. But even in the Early Triassic, when large skulls were unexceptional, one predator carried around a bigger noggin than most.

As the fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs continues to get more dire, scientists may have found a new weapon for tackling some of the worst superbugs we know of: a new antibiotic called darobactin, which is able to take on gram-negative b

The brain is the ultimate computing machine, so it's no wonder researchers are keen to try and emulate it. Now, new research has taken an intriguing step in that direction - a device that's able to 'forget' memories, just like our brains do.