By studying the natural world, scientists find blueprints for innovations that can improve human lives—in the genes of a ...

The dual celestial events will ring in the new year, although the luminous "wolf" supermoon may hamper skywatchers' view of ...

At hundreds of festivals each year around the world, enthusiasts grab their aerial toys and hope for the perfect windy ...

The upcoming year will offer a blood-red moon, spectacular meteor showers and the first glimpse of the sun’s corona since ...

On January 1, 2026, copyrights will expire for comics, books, movies, musical compositions and other creative works from 1930 ...

The sturdy, well-built structure was likely constructed on dry land at a time when sea levels were much lower than they are ...

The year's most exciting discoveries included the site where a young George Washington stopped a friendly fire incident, the ...

Two local ordinances granted rights to at least 175 stingless bee species in Peru, which are culturally and spiritually ...

Adderall, Ritalin and other stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder seem to work on brain areas ...

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

The book has been donated jointly to Christ Church and the Bodleian Library, which are both part of the University of Oxford ...

The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...