Quantum computers have an inconvenient problem: they're magnificently efficient at making mistakes. These marvelous machines could one day solve problems that would bring even the most powerful ...

For farmers working sandy ground, watering is only part of the job. Water drains quickly through the gaps between grains, while wind can carry the loose sand away. Keeping plants alive means holding ...

The Sun at the center of our own Solar System is a great advert for nuclear fusion: ultra-high temperatures and pressures combining to fuse hydrogen nuclei together into helium nuclei, releasing a ...

In the southern constellation of Fornax lies a tiny patch of sky just like any other. Your eyes may have brushed past it a hundred times without a thought. Yet this otherwise unremarkable speck of the ...

It started as a supplement for athletes, and now scientists are investigating the benefits of creatine for more than just muscle.

Scientists have discovered a mysterious rock in eastern Papua New Guinea that traveled to the underworld roughly 4.4 million years ago.

Corals cannot survive long without the algae that live inside their bodies. But under stress from factors like heat, pollution, and UV exposure, these algae can become toxic to the coral, which evicts ...

Keeping the clocks on summer time all year means lighter evenings, but it also delays winter sunrise by an hour on the clock. People getting up early for work or school spend more of the morning in ...

Humans are living longer than ever before. By 2050, scientists predict that nearly half a billion people could be older than 80. The rise in human life expectancy is partly due to improvements in ...

Superconductors give us sci-fi-worthy technologies like levitating trains, Big-Bang-replicating particle colliders, and medical machines that reveal our innermost secrets – thankfully only the ...

Night vision often fades first, followed by a narrowing of peripheral vision. In retinitis pigmentosa, this progressive loss can eventually lead to blindness. An experimental treatment has now helped ...

The sharp stab of a bee sting hurts bad enough, but it's the venom that makes the pain last. But even after the doomed bee has flown away, the stinger keeps on pumping. As part of a new study ...