In the last few years, scientists have made great inroads in understanding the crucial interactive role gut bacteria play in harvesting nutrients, assisting immune systems, and protecting the host against pathogens.

An international team lead by scientists from the University of Zurich shows that it may be possible to use atomic clocks to resolve structures within the Earth.

When bracing for the onslaught of extreme weather, as much information as possible is needed to predict the strength of the impending storm.

Scientists have named a new species of horned dinosaur (ceratopsian) from Alberta, Canada.

MIT researchers develop tool to assess regional risks of climate change, potential impacts on local infrastructure and planning

The Goffin's cockatoo's use and fashioning of objects as tools has rarely been seen in the animal kingdom.

Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) helps to show ‘inflation’ in advance of volcanic eruptions in Indonesia.

Some 4.567 billion years ago, our solar system’s planets spawned from an expansive disc of gas and dust rotating around the sun. While similar processes are witnessed in younger solar systems throughout the Milky Way, the formative stages of our own solar system were believed to have taken twice as long to occur. Now, new research lead by the Centre for Star and Planet Formation at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, suggests otherwise. Indeed, our solar system is not quite as special as once believed.

International team observes the most-distant, super-luminous supernovae found to date.

Hurricane Sandy is giving up the ghost on Halloween over Pennsylvania. Satellite views of the hurricane show its life and death over time.