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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Scientists have long tried to uncover the perilous journey humans took to reach the ancient land mass that now makes up Australia. Now, a genetic study has edged us closer to understanding how and whe ...

Chytrid fungus is a scourge to global amphibian populations, but before it kills some frogs, it can produce symptoms that may ...

Our brain wiring seems to undergo four major turning points at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83, which could influence our capacity to ...

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 ...