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After you read this, you'll never look at a "frunk" the same way again.

Moon mission records provide a clue as to why getting to the lunar surface remains far from straightforward

Supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* is spinning nearly as fast as it can, dragging the very fabric of space-time with it and shaping the heart of the Milky Way.

Scientists made light cross through gaps not in space, but time. The findings, published Monday in the journal Nature Physics, could lead to new, unusual ways to control light.

The state has experienced "an unusually large" spike in cases caused by an emerging variant of dengue.

The advent of stone-, bronze-, and iron-working were all turning points in human history. But what about the working of wood? Learn more about the material ages of archaeology — and whether wood is one of them.

Even a cave that's been closed to the public for three decades can't escape the reach of microplastic particles.

A new study looked at the importance of oxygen in combustion, finding many technologies we depend on aren't possible without sufficient oxygen.

That probably shouldn't have happened.

Ben Davis on the fallout from his critical review of Devon Rodriguez's "Underground," and what it says about "parasocial aesthetics."

Today the risks of artificial intelligence are clear — but the warning signs have been there all along

Microplastics have been found inside human heart tissues — though as the scientists who found them note, it's not all that surprising.

As the number of bees and other pollinators falls, field pansies are adapting by fertilizing their own seeds, a new study found.

NASA's Perseverance rover has found an intriguing menagerie of organic molecules in a Martian crater, but their source remains unclear.

The man who received the world’s first transplant of a genetically modified pig’s heart, died two months after the operation.

It’s not clear how the space bacteria may affect the health of astronauts on the ISS—or humans back down on Earth.

The event, known as a nova, will be so bright that a “new” star will seem to appear in the night sky temporarily, visible to the naked eye.

Fossils of a new group of animal predators have been located in the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet fossil locality in North Greenland. These large worms may be some of the earliest carnivorous animals to have colonized the water column more than 518 million years ago, revealing a past dynasty of predators that scientists didn't...

In 1949, an American author named Joseph Campbell published a book titled The Hero with a Thousand Faces, in which he claims that, fundamentally, all the great stories that human beings have ever told follow the exact same pattern, which is innate in the human consciousness and therefore present in every culture during every...

We know now that they’re in zippers.

The interaction was captured using a specialized piece of kit called a transmission electron microscope.

Scientists in Japan are leaders in the development of new technology that could make sperm and eggs from practically any cell in the body. The results could transform human reproduction.

For the first time in the United States, research with cephalopods might require approval by an ethics committee.

People can be prone to believe in conspiracy theories due to a combination of personality traits and motivations, including relying strongly on their intuition, feeling a sense of antagonism and superiority toward others, and perceiving threats in their environment, according to new research.

Daniel Angus, a professor of digital communication, explains how artists are trying out data poisoning to protect their intellectual property. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.