The 8.8 magnitude megaquake is the joint-sixth largest earthquake ever recorded and the first tsunami waves have already hit Oahu, Hawaii.

A man who hunted deer developed a very rare allergy that progressively worsened each time he ate red meat.

A hot blob currently beneath the Appalachians may have peeled off from Greenland around 80 million years ago and moved to ...

Researchers have mapped the distribution of a jellyfish subspecies and found that creatures which lack a distinctive "knob" are somehow prevented from leaving the Arctic.

Dementia is a group of diseases that involve having trouble with memory, thinking, reasoning and other brain functions. It is often associated with "neurodegeneration," meaning processes that destroy ...

Researchers recently discovered a huge chain of extinct volcanoes buried deep below South China that formed when two tectonic ...

Researchers have unveiled an ancient Egyptian handprint that was left on a soul house tomb offering 4,000 years ago.

Mitochondria are not just the powerhouses of the cell — they are the immune system's watchtowers, alert to even the faintest metabolic signals of bacterial invaders. As researchers' understanding of ...

Astronomers have detected a puzzling 'unicorn' object that's speeding up rather than slowing down, contrary to the laws of ...

Researchers have found a way to make the chip design and manufacturing process much easier — by tapping into a hybrid blend ...

A series of photos taken between 2022 and 2024 shows the emergence and rapid disappearance of a volcanic "ghost island" off ...

The Solar Dynamics Observatory saw a lunar transit and an Earth eclipse on July 25 — the first when the moon passed between it and the sun, and another when Earth did the same.