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Memories in mice persisted even after they lost the connections that we thought were needed for recall, expanding our ...

Scientists once believed they could pinpoint the moment when humans first appeared. But as new fossils have filled in our evolutionary history, that defining moment has begun to disappear – replaced b ...

Descent passed from mother to daughter rather than from father to son, a study of more than 500 Iron Age individuals from ...

Quantum entanglement is key to solving a 250-year-old mathematical puzzle – and the discovery could ultimately help build quantum computers that are more resilient to errors. In the 1700s, according ...

Photographers in Spain captured spectacular images of the rare alignment of the moon and the sun, as it cast a dark shadow over much of the country ...

The fate of a critical ocean current may depend more on how fast our planet heats up than the temperature level we ultimately end up with. Earth could warm by more than 5°C above pre-industrial levels ...

On 12 August, a total solar eclipse will sweep across parts of Europe and the Atlantic ocean as the moon passes between Earth and the sun, blocking out sunlight. Parts of the US and Africa, along with ...