The flow of ice at Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica has sped up dramatically due to the disintegration of the ice shelf in front of it, and this could lead to faster sea level rise ...

Science funding cuts in the UK are expected to be a "devastasting blow" for physics research, affecting international ...

Five volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io erupted simultaneously, spewing a mind-boggling amount of lava onto the surface and giving us clues to what may lie underneath ...

By matching uterine contractions up with the body’s natural circadian rhythms, inducing labour in the early morning is linked to shorter labour and fewer emergency c-sections ...

Being induced in the early morning can shorten labour by several hours by matching uterine contractions up with the body’s natural circadian rhythms ...

A review of the evidence suggests that statins are no more likely than a placebo to cause most of the side effects listed on their labels ...

Pesticides are becoming more toxic and just about every country is using more of them year after year, despite a UN target to ...

A change in atmospheric chemistry during the covid pandemic resulted in methane concentrations spiking, raising concerns that ...

An otherworldly coral, a very cute moth and an intricately beautiful mushroom are among the winners in the prize this year ...

An experiment with superconducting qubits opens the door to determining whether quantum devices could be less energetically ...

From a tail adjusted for water propulsion, to fish-capturing jaws, Spinosaurus is perfectly adapted to a semi-aquatic ...