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Shadowy dark matter has eluded scientists for decades. The LZ experiment may have spotted one particle, called a WIMP, but more data is needed to check.

Migraine prevention drugs are more targeted than ever before, and new guidelines may help doctors predict which will work for each patient.

California blackworms can squeeze through narrow channels faster than they can wriggle across wide ones, a finding that may help with robot design.

Many people struggle to sleep enough at night. Surprisingly, science cannot say if adding in a nap to sleep in two blocks is healthy.

Rubidium atoms on China's Tiangong space station fell with the same acceleration, upholding a cornerstone of Einstein's general theory of relativity.

Three species preferred different people based on their skin odor and bacteria. The findings could help make new microbe-based repellants.

NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will tackle nearly every aspect of astrophysics, including dark matter, dark energy and alien planets.

A study of 70,000 earthquakes finds tiny tremors often precede larger fracking-linked quakes, offering a warning to halt fluid injection.

Appalachia is a hotspot of landslides, but many there can't afford to move away or mitigate the danger, a new study finds. Wealthy urban residents can.

NASA's attempt to save the falling Swift telescope failed, revealing the realities of the burgeoning field of satellite servicing.