A study published in JAMA Pediatrics has given new life to a long-running debate: whether adding fluoride to drinking water is a prudent way to prevent tooth decay, or a potentially toxic mistake.
Direct observations from a NASA space telescope have for the first time revealed the atmospheric void of a rocky, Earth-sized world beyond our own solar system orbiting the most common type of star in the galaxy, according to a study released on Monday.
Data from old Soviet weapons tests are helping scientists get a high-resolution look inside our planet.
Many have quashed the Nessie phenomenon over the years, dismissing the belief the monster exists as the result of several hoaxes.
Hundreds of skeletons are scattered around a site high in the Himalayas, and a new study overturns a leading theory about how they got there.
Some patients who ‘died’ for a short period have reported things that they couldn’t possibly have known about.
Fast radio bursts are getting more attention from scientists, who can now detect more of them.
A team of researchers from Germany, Austria and Australia has found traces of the radioactive isotope iron-60 — the tell-tale signature of a supernova explosion — within fresh snow in Antarctica.
Mission that could shed light on possibility of life on icy rock is expected to lift off in 2025
America’s largest impact crater wreaked havoc on the land and water. Scientists are just beginning to understand it.
