Google is reportedly in talks to sell its tensor processing units – a type of computer chip specially designed for AI – to ...

Scientists have long tried to uncover the perilous journey humans took to reach the ancient land mass that now makes up ...

Dental problems often arise or get worse during pregnancy, and a new study hints that rapid changes to the oral microbiome at ...

Logging and mining are destroying swathes of the Congo rainforest, with the result that African forests went from being  a ...

Stars powered by dark matter instead of nuclear fusion could solve several mysteries of the early universe, and we may have ...

Domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread to Europe in the past 2000 years, according to DNA evidence, while in ...

Whether it is a cube of sugar or a chunk of a mineral, a mathematical analysis can identify how many fragments of each size ...

Scientists sounded the alarm on the dire consequences of continued inaction at a briefing in London, warning that we could be ...

Inspired by natural polymers like DNA, chemists have devised a way to engineer plastic so it breaks down when it is no longer needed, rather than polluting the environment ...

As the impact of global warming becomes more obvious, you might expect countries to step up climate action and preparation, ...

Mapping of the main quarry on Easter Island where giant statues were carved has uncovered evidence that the monuments may not ...

New tools that create ultra-precise maps of our tissues are transforming our ability to diagnose and cure once-fatal ...