An object that struck an Australian man's Tesla as he was traveling along a highway may have been a meteorite.

Instead, they looked at light that has traveled for seven billion years to reach us, effectively taking the Universe's temperature ...

Sections of DNA once dismissed as dormant and useless could in fact be recruited to fight certain types of drug-resistant ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third known visitor from beyond our Solar System, has been brightening far more rapidly than ...

Exercise is like medicine for the heart, and just like with medication, you need the right "dose" for it to be effective.

Elite athletes can push their bodies to the very limit, but even they can't surpass the boundaries of human nature, according to new research.

While creatine is generally considered to be safe for young people to use, it's no shortcut to getting fit. It's better for young people looking to get strong or improve their athletic performance to ...

Magnetic signatures hidden inside rocks tell us a lot about Earth's magnetic field and the way continents and tectonic plates have shifted across millennia – but for some periods, the geological ...

Our gut is full of tiny creatures that help us digest our food, protect us from harmful intruders, and act as the telephone line between our digestive system and brain.

Continuous sleep is a modern habit, not an evolutionary constant, which helps explain why many of us still wake at 3 am and ...

When metal alloys are processed during manufacturing, the atoms of the combined elements are mixed together at random, ...

A newly discovered protein from Earth's toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular disease.