Scientists move one step closer to "universal" donor organs with a successful kidney transplant in a brain-dead patient.

Researchers have found that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are highly effective at reducing cervical cancer-causing ...

The number of deaths from exposure to wildfire smoke in the U.S. could rise by more than 70% in the next 25 years. The human ...

An ocean flowing beneath the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus is spewing ice that holds the building blocks of life.

Chimps' ability to metabolize fermented fruit could explain our own predilection for alcohol. Chimpanzees could be consuming ...

A Chinese robotics company has unveiled what it describes as a realistic robot face, with plans to make humanoid robots more approachable and relatable.

Beijing has a track record of only promising what it plans to deliver. But too often the world's attention is elsewhere.

A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of ...

The vital commercial artery depends on a supply of fresh water to move ships between the two oceans. Drought conditions that ...

The Bering Land Bridge likely didn't emerge until around 35,000 years ago, much later than was previously thought. This ...

New research finds the disappearance of glaciers in the Sierra Nevada will be unprecedented in the human history of North ...

In a proof-of-concept experiment, scientists demonstrated that you can create and fertilize human eggs in the lab using sperm ...