When stimulated by the parasympathetic nervous system (sometimes known as the "rest and digest" system), it contracts to ...

A giant mouth-like hole in the Sun about as wide as five Jupiters is blasting hot Sun breath in Earth's general direction.

Physicists at Fermilab have made the most precise measurement ever of a long-disputed value – the magnetic 'wiggle' of an ...

A giant conundrum has been found orbiting a teeny tiny red dwarf star just a fifth of the size of the Sun. Such small stars ...

Dust from the Sahara desert will cloud the skies of the US southeast this week in an annual weather event that doesn't always ...

Cryptococcus neoformans, a species of fungus behind cryptococcosis and cryptococcal meningitis, appears to be vulnerable to ...

We all have our own chronotype – a tendency to sleep at certain times, with early birds and night owls at opposite ends of ...

Have you ever noticed how some people bounce out of bed after just a few hours of sleep, while others can barely function ...

From towering coastal redwoods to dinosaur-era Wollemi pines and firs that make the perfect Christmas trees, even our most ...

Global politics don't feel particularly cooperative at the moment, but which countries could actually feed themselves ...

New evidence has linked physical activity with improved colon health, underscoring the vital role of exercise in cancer ...

From mid-northern latitudes, the June 2025 Full Moon will really skim the treetops to the south… while 'north of the 60' in ...