The 466-year-old remains of an adult and a juvenile cat are the oldest known in the modern-day United States, a new study ...

Live Science spoke with author Thomas Levenson about his new book on the history of germ theory.

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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered into galaxies that existed at cosmic noon to hunt ravenously ...

Power blackouts that left millions of people across Spain and Portugal without electricity may have been caused by a bizarre ...

"What are sometimes called superbugs — microbes resistant to every available drug — are not merely the stuff of nightmares.

Conventional helium production comes with enormous carbon emissions, so scientists are looking for alternatives in places ...

Researchers made the first known recordings of sharks making sounds after noticing they made clicks while being handled at a marine laboratory.

A pair of 2021 satellite photos highlight an unusually heavy snowfall in Hawaii that covered the summits of the volcanoes ...

Chinese engineers have rescued two satellites that were stuck in the wrong orbit using a novel 'gravitational slingshot' ...

The National Science Foundation's Dark Energy Camera reveals a stunning glimpse into the 'dark nebula' known as the Circinus ...

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas ...