A pair of unusually severe droughts have parched the Amazon in recent years, raising concern about the rainforest’s future as a major absorber of carbon emissions, said a study on Thursday.

Scientists have unearthed what they believe are the fossils of the largest-ever-known bear that might have stood at 11 feet tall and lived between two million to 500,000 years ago.

Tooth decay could soon be a thing of the past, say scientists who claim to have deciphered the structure and functional mechanism of glucansucrase enzyme which is responsible for dental plaque stickin

Three years prior to the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the FBI was warned of the strikes and David Headley’s links with the LeT by the wife of the Pakistani-American terrorist, says an investigative report.

Human brains seem to be hard-wired to recognise and respond more to friends than strangers, a new Harvard study has found.

Scientists have created the first artificial human ovary, an advance that provides a potentially powerful new means for conducting fertility research and could also yield infertility treatments for ca

Nasa said it is developing a car-sized satellite that by “no later than 2018” will plunge into the Sun’s outer atmosphere for an up-close study of its super-hot corona, solar wind and lethal radiation

Ever wondered why world’s swiftest sprinters like Usain Bolt or Michael Johnson are all of West African ancestry?

Privacy activists called on Facebook on Wednesday to give users of the booming social network more control over the use of their personal data.

Scientists have identified the youngest known planet outside our solar system and established that planets can grow up fast.