Single-celled species that often stick together in colonies have researchers rethinking the origin of animals.

A billion years ago single-celled organisms ruled the Earth. Now multicellular creatures are everywhere, including animals ...

Birds in brightly lit cities sing for an average of 50 minutes longer than those in the darkest environments, starting their ...

Private companies can track many changes on Earth from space, but both public and commercial satellite missions are needed to ...

Long-term study suggests that the more heatwaves people are exposed to, the more it accelerates body ageing. Long-term ...

A lung from a genetically modified pig has been transplanted into a person for the first time 1. The recipient, a 39-year-old ...

The US Supreme Court has derailed researchers’ efforts to reinstate almost $2 billion in research grants issued by the ...

Encouraging people to test their local rivers and lakes with simple kits could spark a shift in how we manage water.

Cosmic maps appear consistent with the proposal that black holes could cause the Universe's accelerating expansion.

Chemical profiling traces the source of water in one of the brightest known comets to keep returning to the Solar System.

Chemists used an electrochemical method to enhance the rates of fusion in a desktop reactor — plus, how microbes give ...

China’s energy sector has cut its emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane by 21% between 2014 and 2021, according to ...