When we think of Canadian animals, cultural icons like the moose, beaver, or loon are probably first to come to mind — but according to a new study, the most distinct one from an evolutionary ...

A new study may contain the first tantalizing hints ... Ben Turner is a U.K. based staff writer at Live Science. He covers physics and astronomy, among other topics like tech and climate change.

Africa is gradually splitting due to tectonic movements, potentially leading to the formation of a new ocean within 50 million years. The East African Rift System, a significant fault line, is ...

AI-generated summaries not only improved public comprehension of science but also enhanced how people perceived scientists. I used a popular large language model, GPT-4 by OpenAI, to create simple ...

A study trumpeting the value of applying rigorous standards to scientific research was retracted, in part because the authors didn’t follow their own advice. In the sprawling project ...

In a new NASA-funded study in the journal Science Advances, scientists created simulations to explore how turbulence interacts with the density of the cloud. Lumps, or pockets of density, are the ...

Yet I believe that change is possible. One way to improve Americans’ trust in experts may be to stimulate their curiosity in science. Those who express elevated interest in new discoveries ...

A new study says it was kicked off for the most part by volcanic winter. 201.6 million years ago, one of the Earth's five great mass extinctions took place, when three-quarters of all living ...

Now, another study has found that you don’t need to log several miles to reap the benefits of walking. Instead, just a few minutes a day could provide a serious boost for your overall health.

If you want to live longer, you might want to push yourself just a little harder during your next gym visit: a new study reveals that putting extra strain on your body when you exercise matters more ...

ESKE WILLERSLEV was an unusual witness for a murder trial. An expert in ancient DNA (aDNA) at the University of Copenhagen, his day job involved studying the lives of prehistoric peoples and ...

generating the data that artificial intelligence systems can analyze to guide further experimentation." The researchers defined five levels of laboratory automation to illustrate how automation can ...