Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Czech researchers confirmed the existence of the world's largest underground thermal lake, named Lake Neuron, in southern ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Throughout Earth's history, ice caps have been very rare, but a model of the past 420 million years suggests an explanation ...

The U.S. has seen earlier and more intense surges of the flu and RSV this year than is typical, pediatrician Dr. Ryan Fulton notes.

Understanding why we always have room for dessert could lead to new treatments for obesity, researchers have revealed.

A new study highlights how life possibly evolved prior to and during the rise of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere.

Fossil collectors in Florida have discovered an ancient sinkhole, now at the bottom of a river, which holds the remains of animals rarely seen in the state, including a type of giant armadillo, giant ...