The reliable manipulation of the speed at which light travels through objects could have valuable implications for the ...

For many just a tasty delicacy, the oyster may actually be the hero the world needs to fight environmental degradation—and ...

Tim Friede was feeling particularly down on the day after the September 11 attacks, so he went to his basement and let two of ...

France is hosting world leaders this week to confront what the United Nations calls a global "emergency" in the oceans—but ...

Chagas disease is often called a silent killer because many people don't realize they have it until complications from the ...

A bottlenose dolphin at a Chicago zoo gave birth to a calf early Saturday morning with the help of a fellow mom, in a ...

Within the animal kingdom, a naturally produced molecule known as itaconate serves a prominent role in the immune system as a ...

For years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda, our nearest large ...

Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is less than previously thought, with a ...

As part of its resource management reforms, the government will soon allow "super-sized granny flats" to be built without ...

Every school around Australia is almost certain to have students who are victim-survivors of family and domestic violence.

When DNA breaks inside the cell, it can spell disaster, especially if the damage occurs in areas of the genome that are ...