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The Airbus Zephyr S, a military reconnaissance aircraft, has more than doubled the record it set in 2018 for an uncrewed flight duration

A loud explosion heard Saturday (Aug. 13) in Utah may have been an exploding Perseid meteor.

The icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa may be formed by extremely pure underwater snow.

UV light plus aluminium chloride as a catalyst can break down polystyrene so that it can be turned into a chemical used in fragrances and medicines

People with chronic constipation who ate an AI-recommended diet for six weeks had an average 2.5-fold increase in weekly complete bowel movements

For the first time, authorities have given a heat wave a name. Scientists hope that naming extreme heat events will help the public protect itself.

Because of a calibration update for one of the James Webb Space Telescope's main cameras, research using the first few weeks of data from the observatory may be flawed

There are expected to be 3.7 billion air conditioners in operation by 2050. Using propane as the refrigerant could prevent a significant amount of climate warming by the end of the century

Some asteroids are surrounded by swarms of pebbles. A new study reveals why.

By using photons and electron spin qubits to control nuclear spins in a two-dimensional material, researchers at Purdue University have opened a new frontier in quantum science and technology, enabling applications like ...

In a series of experiments on lanthanum superhydride with impurities, researchers from Skoltech, Lebedev Physical Institute of RAS and their colleagues from the United States, Germany and Japan, have established the mech...

In recent years, technology has worked wonders helping blind or visually impaired people regain their sight, perhaps most notably via the use of CRISPR gene editing to cure inherited blindness. Now a different tech has b...

Adults who had the left or right hemisphere of their brain removed as children to treat epileptic seizures had accuracy scores of over 80 per cent on word and face recognition tasks

Looking for advice on irritable bowel syndrome and wondering, 'do probiotics help IBS?' - we break down the science

Ecologists say there are three explanations for the abundance of species in the tropics.

Here are seven of the most terrifying things in space, including solar flares, black holes and supernovas.

Being the emperor of Rome was a risky business. But merely gaining the imperial throne could be difficult, too.