The series provides an insight into some of the world's most famous scientists, and some of the biggest discoveries ever made in science.

A team of mathematicians used whimsical "silly sprinklers" to solve a physics mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades ...

From the earliest civilizations to the modern age, humans have endlessly strived to better understand ourselves and the world around us. For some of the world’s greatest scientific minds—like Galileo, ...

Researchers relied on a newer gene-editing technique that may make it possible to engineer embryos, a prospect that has long alarmed bioethicists. By Carl Zimmer Scientists at Columbia University have ...

Scientists at the University of Rochester pulled off a remarkable experiment: they transferred a longevity-related gene from the famously long-lived naked mole rat into mice, and the mice ended up ...

A new analysis of the neutron star merger known as GW170817 has delivered the most precise measurement yet of the Hubble constant using gravitational waves. Published in The Astrophysical Journal, the ...

Yeast has been growing in the guts of a frozen mummy called Oetzi the Iceman for thousands of years, scientists have discovered, telling AFP they used it to make a sourdough bread. More than 5,300 ...

More than 5,300 years after his death in the Alps, a famous frozen mummy is still helping scientists make new discoveries − and even bake fresh bread. Researchers studying Ötzi the Iceman have ...

Scientists from six Asian countries have launched an ambitious 10-year effort to build synthetic cells from non-living molecules, marking the region's first coordinated push to create an artificial ...