British and French pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur said the release of their coronavirus vaccine would be...

A magnitude-5.5 earthquake hit the northeastern Japan prefectures of Iwate and Aomori on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued.

A spectacular display of the northern lights is possible as far south as Pennsylvania and Oregon. Communication disruptions could come as...

South Georgia, a remote island in the South Atlantic, hosts millions of penguins in some of the largest colonies on the planet live out...

Scientists are seeing promising early results from the first studies testing gene editing for painful, inherited blood disorders that...

High blood sugar may portend a rocky course for COVID-19 patients who seek hospital care, even if they do not have diabetes.

Japan will boost investment in technologies to tackle climate change such as renewable energy, hydrogen fuel and carbon recycling as part...

A nuclear reactor in Finland entered an automatic shutdown after a radiation spike was detected inside the plant’s systems...

French Agriculture Minister Julien Denormandie has taken to social media to make his position on cell-based meat clear: “Meat comes from...

SpaceX’s Starship prototype exploded while attempting to land on Wednesday after what has been deemed as a successful test launch from...

Experts are warning that COVID-19 could also make it difficult to get an erection.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said that it approved a Chinese coronavirus vaccine that is being tested in the country after preliminary...

Toyota Motor Corp. launched its second-generation Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, touting its improved fuel efficiency and longer range...

A small capsule from the Hayabusa2 space probe hopefully containing soil samples from a distant asteroid arrived in Japan on Tuesday for...

A 90-year-old grandmother and an 81-year-old man called William Shakespeare have become the first people in Britain to receive a COVID-19...

Early Tuesday morning, Margaret Keenan, 90, a former jewelry shop assistant, became the first person anywhere in the world to receive a...

Scientists have started sounding the alarm over a strange new theory circulating online about the novel coronavirus.

Reports from around the world suggest that the novel coronavirus has invaded the brain of some patients and "possibly caused serious...

A Japanese space probe carrying the first extensive samples of an asteroid has completed its six-year mission, landing safely in the...

Russia has started its COVID-19 vaccination programme, with the first jabs going to workers at high risk of becoming infected with...

Mothers leave their mark on their children in many ways -- and Australian researchers have discovered a protein called SMCHD1 is involved...

Time magazine has selected 15-year-old scientist and inventor Gitanjali Rao as its first-ever Kid of the Year.

Firefighters on continued to battle a blaze that has been burning for more than six weeks on Australia's Fraser Island and has destroyed...

A powerful new telescope in the Australian outback has mapped vast areas of the universe in record-breaking time, revealing a million new...