And ironically, for a question often known as “algebra’s oldest challenge”, it all started with a denial that would have made ...

According to the unknown author, dog’s milk "doth cause a woman to be delivered of her childe before tyme" (read: you risk premature birth by eating Fido’s fermented milk). Camel, mare, and ass milk ...

U S health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has recently made a pretty bold – and misleading – claim about the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, stating that it contains “a lot of aborted fetus ...

The first image of the whole Earth from space came in 1972, when astronauts Ron Evans or Harrison Schmitt took a photo from onboard Apollo 17 while headed to the Moon. This was the first time that an ...

Even compared to chimpanzees, our closest relatives, our wounds are slow to recover – but it could be the outcome of us ...

"The key planet-formation processes in protoplanetary disks remain an active matter of research. One promising mechanism to ...

It’s a pretty fundamental question in terms of the origin of complex matter in the universe,” Anirudh Patel said in a NASA ...

One man’s strange fixation with self-administering snake venom may lead to a remarkable advance in antivenom development, but ...

Thanks to Inouye, as well as NASA’s Parker Solar Probe – the fastest human-made object in space – and the incredible European ...

“Most mammals have a bone in their penis, but you will almost never see a penis bone on display, at least in a UK or European ...

The injectable hydrogel, administered within a 30-minute appointment, prevents sperm movement without blocking ejaculation or ...

Misinformation continues to be a problem, but do scientists believe they have a personal responsibility to combat it? We ...