Ancient fossils from South China reveal the earliest bony fishes and shed new light on how jaws, teeth, and key vertebrate features evolved before the major fish lineages diverged.

Deep within Earth, subtle variations in how seismic waves travel are revealing a hidden pattern of deformation in the planet’s lowest mantle layer.

Deep beneath island arcs, new research suggests that gold enrichment originates from repeated, high-degree melting of a ...

First formulated in the late 19th century by Austrian physicist and mathematician Ludwig Boltzmann, this principle remains ...

Rice may seem simple, but new research reveals a hidden layer of complexity within its smallest components.

Efforts to extend life may be succeeding, but not equally. Extending life is only part of the goal in aging research.

Earlier research has shown that lead can appear in metal components of children’s clothing, including zippers, buttons, and ...

In this system, an external electric field shifts the direction of the atomic quantization axis. This shift changes how atoms ...

Long before ancient civilizations in the Old World, Native American hunter-gatherers were already playing games of chance using carefully crafted bone dice more than 12,000 years ago. New research ...

A 150-year-old geometry rule has been overturned after mathematicians found two different torus surfaces with identical ...

Excess salt intake is linked to a range of chronic conditions and even cognitive decline, yet patterns of discretionary salt use remain poorly understood across populations.

For millions of people, statins are a daily safeguard against heart attacks and strokes. But for about 1 in 10 users, these widely prescribed drugs come with an unexpected tradeoff—persistent muscle ...