If this supernova is lopsided, the neutron star can be booted unceremoniously across the galaxy at high speeds, something ...

The research is titled " Seismic Oscillations Excited by Giant Impacts in Directly-Imaged Giant Planets. " The lead author is ...

With cannabis now legal in much of the US, the focus is shifting from the ethics of using the drug to the health implications ...

The levels of caffeine in your blood could affect the amount of body fat you carry, a factor that in turn could determine your risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

For a while, in the Middle Ages, there was a real craze for trying to turn unassuming lead into pure, gleaming gold.

Psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are gaining increasing attention in ...

Doctors often start exams with the so-called "eyeball test" – a snap judgment about whether the patient appears older or ...

Scientists have sequenced the genome of one of the rarest animals in the world: the 'Asian unicorn', which hasn't been seen ...

Offering incredibly high temperatures, crushing pressure, and a thick mix of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid, the atmosphere ...

On 22 February 1498, a well-weathered mid-40s Christopher Columbus ordained in writing that his estate in the Italian port ...