A UBC Okanagan-led research project has given a group of international scientists their clearest view yet of the Milky Way's ...

Readers are spoiled for choice when it comes to popular science reading this month, with new titles by major names including Maggie Aderin and Michael Pollan ...

The global appetite for natural stone remains robust, fueled not merely by luxury but by a rising appreciation for authentic, ...

A study led by the Department of Engineering Science has shown that it is possible to engineer a quantum mechanical process ...

Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

Artemis II, the next mission in NASA’s Artemis program to explore the Moon, is scheduled to launch from Florida within the ...

The researchers took a “safety-first” approach. They deliberately excluded all viruses that infect humans or animals from the ...

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our ...

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...

Paleontologists have identified thousands of animal species that lived soon after the Cambrian explosion ended ...

The exceptionally well-preserved fossils shine a light on the mass extinction that brought an end to the "Biological Big Bang." ...

The highlight of the haul is two years’ worth of preserved marine animals for dissection: about 500 small squid, plus some starfish, sea urchins and sand dollars.