Human skin is home to millions of microbes. One of these microbes, Staphylococcus aureus, is an opportunistic pathogen that can invade patches of skin affected by eczema, also known as atopic ...

A tiny blob of red light spotted at the beginning of the Universe could represent the first direct evidence for a supermassive black hole formation pathway. In a dazzling new paper, a large ...

WASHINGTON — Archaeologists have found the earliest direct evidence for horseback riding — an innovation that would transform history — in 5,000 year old human skeletons in central Europe. “When you ...

Note 1: Fossilization is a very rare event, so it's unlikely that scientists would find the direct fossil ancestor of a living species. Vertebrates are more likely to fossilize because they have hard ...

Evolution is the change in organisms over time that gives rise to new species. Development is the process by which a fertilized egg, or embryo, generates the cells, tissues, and organs of a new ...

A new study claims to show evidence of gamma-ray emissions that closely resemble those expected from two weakly interacting ...

NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope may have detected the first direct evidence for dark matter, according to new research ...