A 2,000-year-old loom found in a Chinese tomb may hold the key to the origins of computing.

We are now in one of those periods, which obliges the United States to rethink its role in the world, just as it was forced to do by the cataclysmic changes that followed the end of the Second World ...

Insects thrive in incredibly diverse and challenging environments. While we now know that nutrient-sensing pathways, ...

Some of the once-natural breeds are more closely connected to their roots than others are. Modern Siberian cats, for example, ...

A Europe‑wide survey of 10,000 respondents shows strong backing for the recovery of wolves, lynx and bears, as well as opposition to hunting and culling, but also shows that a majority opposes any ...