Penn University researchers have developed an algorithm that can jailbreak a number of popular robotics platforms, often with ...

Scientists have pinpointed how sperm and egg join to spark new life across the animal kingdom, from fish to people. New research by scientists in Austria shows that fertilization works like a lock and ...

Scientists have discovered toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ present in samples of drinking water from around the world.

An expert committee reviewing euthanasia deaths in Canada's most populous province has identified several cases where patients asked to be killed in part for social reasons such as isolation and fears ...

This isn’t the worm’s first brush with international stardom, nor is it the first time C. elegans has been thanked for aiding award-winning work. Dr. Ruvkun’s award was actually the fourth Nobel Prize ...

Voters in Canada's westernmost province British Columbia are preparing to elect a provincial government on Oct. 19, with ...

The annual Small World photomicrography competition, now in its 50th year, puts life’s smallest details under the microscope.

A mouse's tumours, scales from a butterfly's wings and a smiling cross-section of a bracken fern are some of the incredible ...

Heatwaves deep in oceans may be "significantly under-reported", highlighting an area of marine warming that has been largely ...

The cultural wars that have caused great friction in American politics for the past two decades are in their own way a ...

From the ‘Godfather of AI’ to the discoverer of microRNA, the four new Nobelists have made remarkable advances in medicine, ...

A rare World War II rifle sat in storage at a museum in Poland for over a decade years after being mistaken for a “toy” gun.