The more social behaviors a voice-user interface exhibits, the more likely people are to trust it and engage with it.

How many black holes are out there in the Universe? This is one of the most relevant and pressing questions in modern cosmology.

An Italian-Swiss team demonstrates children reading skills can be improved through a novel child-friendly action video game.

A global effort to map the genomes of all plants, animals, fungi and other microbial life on Earth, is entering a new phase.

While you snooze, your brain continues to monitor the environment, balancing the need to protect sleep with the need to wake up.

New research looks at who we trust more for product marketing: celebrities or beauty influencers.

Hydroxychloroquine, also known by the brand name Plaquenil, is a prescription drug that is used in the treatment of malaria and arthritis.

Researchers have developed rechargeable batteries that can store up to six times more charge than ones currently commercially available.

Quantum computers may be able to solve science problems that are impossible for today’s fastest conventional supercomputers.

A world-first study has revealed how space travel can cause lower red blood cell counts, known as space anemia.

'Smart' pistols – designed to restrict who can fire them – are poised to hit the US market this year, taking aim at spiking gun deaths.

Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars’ early history.

2020 surveys show huge numbers of Americans perceive that politics exact a chronic negative toll on their health.

Researchers discovered the structures of proteins that may be responsible for the origins of life in the primordial soup of ancient Earth.

An astronomer and a group of eagle-eyed citizen scientists have discovered a giant gas planet hidden from view by typical stargazing tools.

As early as 2005, carbon capture was identified as one of the solutions for tackling climate change. Why aren't we going full steam with it?

Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, researchers found the world's largest fish breeding area known.

According to the World Health Organization, about 450 million people worldwide have a mental health disorder, across all demographics.

A team of scientists recently carried out the most comprehensive study to date of exercise performed at different times of the day.

Scientists have shown how the freezing of a ‘slushy’ ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon’s crust.