Plants do more than photosynthesize - some of them make gold. Scientists in Finland found gold particles inside Norway spruce ...

Ancient DNA from an Egyptian genome has been sequenced for the first time, revealing genetic links to the Fertile Crescent.

A man with type 1 diabetes produces his own insulin after receiving genetically-modified donor islet cells, without the need ...

Women usually live longer than men, and animals show the same pattern. Evolution, genes, and parenting explain why.

The most energetic cosmic neutrino, or "ghost particle," ever recorded may be the remnants of a nearby black hole explosion.

England faces a water crisis: by 2050, there could be a shortage of up to 6 billion liters of water per day, warns a study.

Scientists discover that gut bacteria and B vitamins may influence Parkinson's disease, offering a potentially safe ...

A subduction zone breaking apart was caught in real time, showing how Earth’s tectonic plates die, detach, and reshape the ...

Billions of tiny plastic pellets, “nurdles,” pollute the oceans every year, affecting fish, birds, and ecosystems, warns a ...

Scientists warn Ethiopia’s soil is rapidly losing organic carbon, endangering harvests and releasing more CO₂ into the air.

Ancient microbes frozen in Arctic permafrost are waking up as the Earth warms, releasing gases that could speed up climate ...

Scientists turned food waste into natural plastic films using bacteria that make biodegradable packaging material.