Colossal Octopus Fossils Suggest a 60-Foot “Kraken” Once Ruled the Oceans

Researchers from Brown University and their collaborators have developed a new way to measure the properties of cells—an important development, they say, because accurate measurements of changes in cell elasticity can be used to better understand diseases, diagnose patient symptoms and provide more accurate prognoses.

Archaeologists have found evidence that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens not only lived side by side during the mid-Middle Paleolithic era, but may have also influenced each other’s ways of life.

MIT engineers reveal plant seeds can “hear” the sound of rain, which awakens them from a dormant state and prompts them to begin growing.

A huge 11,000-carat ruby has been discovered in Myanmar, state media reported Friday, one of the largest ever found in the country renowned for its precious gemstones.

New research into how the Great Pyramid of Giza was built may offer clues about a mysterious void within Egypt’s largest monument.

Scientists at Keele University have created the first detailed map of the genetic “switches” that control reproduction in disease-carrying insects such as Anopheles gambiae, the mosquito species most responsible for malaria transmission, paving the way for more effective methods of genetically controlling these insects.