Obesity rates around the world are soaring and governments are failing to tackle the issue as a systemic problem, health campaigners warn.
Here's a front row seat on what it would be like to return to Earth inside a space capsule.
Astronomers have found water vapor around a young star within the constellation Taurus, 450 light-years away from Earth.
Bits of glass called Hiroshimaites may have formed by processes similar to those that formed the Sun and the planets.
A white dwarf star that devoured at least a chunk of one of its planets has been betrayed by a scar of vaporized metal marring it surface – the tell-tale remnants of the planet that once orbited the star before spiraling into its doom.
Empathy, often considered a fixed trait, has been shown to be malleable in adults, influenced by observing the empathetic reactions of others.
Spanish professor argues that that water or other liquid-dwelling aliens, as well as civilizations on super-Earths, may actually be trapped on their planets due to "physical limitations".
Teams of physicists at CERN and the University of Tokyo have both taken a major step forward towards understanding a flighty, short-lived particle.
NASA's new space telescope spotted a 13 billion-year-old galaxy that is much too complex to exist that early in the Universe.
Japan's moon lander has been put back to sleep after it surprisingly survived the freezing, two-week lunar night, the country's space agency said, with another operation attempt scheduled for later this month.
The International Astronomical Union’s (IAU) Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of three new moons in our solar system Feb. 23. Uranus has one additional moon, while Neptune has picked up two.
Antiviral Drugs Grown in Space Comes Back To Earth For Analysis. Exploring the Future of Pharmaceuticals in Space.
Even small doses of LSD could have therapeutic benefits for mental health and task performance, a new study shows.
The scientists used a new analytical tool to measure microplastics present in human placentas, finding the tiny pollutants in all 62 of the placenta samples tested with concentrations ranging from 6.5 to 790 micrograms per gram of tissue.
The patient is now considered in remission from acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), and in another two years, he could be considered 'cured' of HIV, as that will mark five years from his last treatment.
