As NASA's Cassini dove close to Saturn in its final year, the spacecraft provided intricate detail on the workings of Saturn's complex rings, new analysis shows.

The mysterious function of a key protein has been revealed.

A new study of climate changes and their effects on past societies offers a sobering glimpse of social upheavals that might happen in the future. The prehistoric groups studied lived in the Amazon Bas..

A research team has developed a process that enables 3D printing of biological tissues without scaffolds using 'ink' made up of only stem cells.

Supplementing cattle feed with seaweed could result in a significant reduction in methane belched by livestock, according to researchers, but they caution that the practice may not be a realistic stra..

The Sun's rotation rate in its first billion years is unknown. Yet, this spin rate affected solar eruptions, influencing the evolution of life. Scientists think they've figured it out by usi..

Bioarchaeologists report new findings from the ancient ruins of Çatalhöyük, in modern Turkey. The results paint a picture of what it was like for humans to move from a nomadic hunting and gathering li..

Findings show how to make confined bubbles develop uniformly, instead of in their usual scattershot way.

New research offers a new pathway for targeting pathogens in the fight against antibiotic resistant bacteria.

A new study proposes that variation in the energy needs of brain development across kids — in terms of the timing, intensity and duration of energy use — could influence patterns of energy expenditu..