The oldest known abstract drawing has been found in South Africa's Blombos Cave — on the face of a flake of siliceous rock retrieved from archaeological strata dated to 73,000 years before the p..

A team of scientists has uncovered the neural processes mice use to ignore their own footsteps, a discovery that offers new insights into how we learn to speak and play music.

A scientific analysis of nearly 4,000 mutations deliberately engineered into the BRCA1 gene will immediately benefit people undergoing genetic testing for breast or ovarian cancer risk. Many people ob..

About 61 percent of the world's 356 turtle species are threatened or already extinct, and the decline could have ecological consequences, according to a new study.

Motor proteins in cells can move along protein filaments in ways that interfere with each other's progress. A new model shows how this can lead to gridlock, even when there is still plenty of emp..

Scientists are paving the way to swap the lithium in lithium-ion batteries with sodium, according to newly published research.

With new immunotherapy treatments for melanoma, recovery rates have risen dramatically, in some cases to around 50 percent. But they could be much higher: A new study shows, in lab dishes and animal s..

Evidence suggests that stone mortars from Raqefet Cave, Israel, were used in brewing cereal-based beer millennia before the establishment of sedentary villages and cereal agriculture.

In a new study, researchers have discovered how an enzyme that plays a key role in cancer development functions. The researchers hope the new knowledge will lead to the design of more precise drugs.

Scientists have for the first time succeeded in generating beating cardiac muscle cells from special stem cells. They may provide a new approach for the treatment of heart attacks.