A war of words between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump could lead to significant fallout for U.S.-led space ...

Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is almost as caustic as ammonia. Some life-forms thrive there nevertheless.

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between ...

A new study finds the genetic backgrounds of people in the U.S. are "highly complex" and may differ from their self-defined ...

Earth lost contact with the private Japanese spacecraft "Resilience" during an attempted moon landing on Thursday. The lander ...

Scientists have introduced a new laboratory model that could help them study how artificial limbs can be better designed.

A pair of new studies has revealed that the hellish skies of exoplanet WASP-121b contain silicon monoxide gas, which has ...

Record amounts of sargassum are floating in the Caribbean Sea and ending up on beaches from Puerto Rico to Guyana — but ...

In rare cases where users are vulnerable to psychological manipulation, chatbots consistently learn the best ways to exploit ...

The bizarre behavior had previously been observed in experimental settings and was thought to be a competitive attempt to ...

Germany's Wendelstein 7-X stellarator has set a new benchmark for fusion reactors, bringing commercial, near-limitless clean ...

A disposable, electronic "tattoo" that measures mental workload could be used to enhance safety in high-pressure jobs, ...