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A computer that relies on fungal mycelium to store information could one day be a low-cost alternative to the current generation of memory hardware.

Scientists have found blood protein signals that may flag multiple sclerosis up to seven years before symptoms begin.

Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei.

Scientists have discovered special life forms thriving under Arctic sea ice.

Think of ocean plastic and you may picture bottles and bags bobbing on the waves, slowly drifting out to sea.

Raw meat goo makes prime real estate for microbes, and a new study suggests these luxuriously moist abodes are a significant source of hidden foodborne illnesses, including urinary tract infections (UTIs).

Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Italian polymath who painted the Mona Lisa, had a sophisticated geometric understanding far ahead of his time.

Gray hair is nothing to be ashamed of.

A species of shark never before documented killing humans has now done so, devouring a swimmer in a chilling first.

When Napoleon and his legion of multinational soldiers retreated from Russia in 1812 in the face of dwindling supplies and fierce Russian resistance, little did they know how much worse was yet to come.