A new study shows that blood collected on a sanitary pad can be used for cervical cancer screening, opening the door to new diagnostics ...

A scientific breakthrough not only promises faster testing for antimicrobial resistance, but also an ethical solution to the ...

Scientists have scanned liquids inside Darwin’s sealed specimens using lasers, revealing centuries-old preservation secrets ...

For many years, the idea that “sleeping on it” would provide an individual with some time in which their subconscious mind would work through a problem or problems has generally been accepted as ...

Over the past 40 years, phones and computers have turned into the world’s largest library. Answers now arrive in seconds.

A new study argues that overlap between advisers and advisees on research topics helps rather than hinders young life ...

For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...

Space is no longer out of reach. A new international study warns that childbirth beyond Earth may soon become a real ...

Researchers have identified an approach that exploits cancer cells’ own weaknesses.

Dyscalculia, characterized by deficits in number sense and calculation skills, affects approximately 5%–7% of the population ...

As much as 45 oceans’ worth of hydrogen may be in Earth’s core, scientists reported, suggesting most of Earth’s water was acquired during the planet’s formation.