science

Scientists discovered a large number of fissures and fault lines on the seabed that probably led in part to the huge scale of the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan on March...

A humanoid robot that can chat in Japanese will go where no communication robot has gone before: outer space.

Riken, a Japanese scientific research institute, on Feb. 28 applied for government permission to conduct the world's first clinical study using human induced pluripotent stem...

A meteorite that exploded over central Russia and fell to earth, injuring hundreds of people, has fueled discussion of whether science is able to predict such events. The...

Researchers have announced safe radiation doses in thyroid glands for the vast majority of residents living around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. But their studies are...

Scientists have discovered a protein in the brain that plays a key role in regulating mood, a finding that could lead to effective treatments for depression and anxiety.

A cure for baldness may not be too far off after scientists in Japan said they have engineered hair follicles, tissue that is essential to hair growth, from human induced...

Researchers in Ethiopia have unearthed the oldest known stone hand axes, a find that could shed light on how primitive humans developed stone tools and if they possessed...

Two comets are on course to provide a once-a-decade show in the skies above Japan this year, astronomers said.

HONG KONG--China's one-child policy has produced less trusting, less trustworthy and less competitive children compared to the generation born before the policy was introduced, ...

Even slowly shifting tectonic plates can cause major earthquakes, something seismologists have previously considered impossible, two scientists said.

Japanese researchers said they found almost no rejection of skin and bone marrow grown from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells when implanted into mice.

OSAKA--Japanese scientists have discovered a new way to destroy the chemical thought to cause Alzheimer's disease.

Japanese scientists and engineers are trying to draw on nature’s elegance and simplicity to develop some of the toughest materials on the planet.

PASADENA, California--A comet blazing toward Earth could outshine the full moon when it passes by at the end of next year--if it survives its close encounter with the sun.