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

Divers have recovered over 1,000 coins from a shipwreck off the east coast of Florida. The coins were discovered this summer within the historical "Treasure Fleet" of Spanish ships that sank in July ...

Researchers have found that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are highly effective at reducing cervical cancer-causing infections and can offer herd immunity, reinforcing previous research and ...

Wildfire smoke pollution is estimated to have caused 41,380 excess deaths per year between 2011 and 2020, and this number could increase by more than 70% to 71,420 over the next 25 years due to the ...

Chimps' ability to metabolize fermented fruit could explain our own predilection for alcohol. Chimpanzees could be consuming the equivalent of a beer and half a day from eating alcoholic fruits, ...

Comet Lemmon, discovered earlier this year, is gearing up for a close approach to Earth later this month. It may become visible to the naked eye, allowing people to glimpse its surprising lime-green ...

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

Her response: "Because we know what it means." It was a revealing answer: China, unlike many other countries, tends not to make climate commitments that it doesn't understand or intend to keep. And ...

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

Jane Goodall, the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, has died at the age of 91, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) confirmed in a statement on Wednesday (Oct. 1). Goodall died of natural causes in ...

The Bering Land Bridge likely didn't emerge until around 35,000 years ago, much later than was previously thought. This narrows the window of when humans could have crossed over to North America.

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