The US and other nations are eager to exploit the Arctic’s mineral wealth, but despite the thawing of ice and permafrost, ...

Extremely low sea ice levels in the Arctic and Antarctica signal a "new normal" that may accelerate global warming and ...

A daily pill developed by the US pharmaceutical company Lilly may become a convenient alternative to injectable drugs like ...

A nearly complete skeleton found in a cave in France belonged to a group known as the Palaeolithic dogs and its skeleton ...

Mounting evidence suggests there might be two separate types of the world’s fastest-growing neurological condition. Can this ...

The Tara Polar Station, a $23 million research vessel with a crew of 12, will drift across the Arctic ice to enable better ...

Researchers have used a fungus and bacteria to create rigid, living structures similar to bone and coral, which could one day ...

Scientists have used an artificial circulatory system to create lab-grown chicken, which may improve its texture ...

Cellulose, the main component of paper, can be turned into clear, waterproof objects such as cups that are almost ...

It is rare to find brown dwarf stars orbiting in pairs, and this pair has an even more unusual exoplanet companion ...

Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting ...

Water falls on Earth every day as rain, and now scientists seem to have found a way of using it to create renewable ...