Two identical long-tailed macaques, Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, have been created by scientists in China.
A new experiment has revealed that mosquitoes are able to remember when a person tries to swat them.
A lack of carbon monoxide on a methane-rich world could indicate the presence of extraterrestrial life.
Scientists have identified an area of Australia that broke away from North America 1.7 billion years ago.
An acoustic tractor beam could make it possible to levitate large objects within the not-too-distant future.
Scientists may have finally determined what caused vast numbers of saiga antelopes to die back in 2015.
Scientists have finally solved the mystery of the relationship between two 4,000-year-old mummies.
Scientists have found new evidence to suggest that life could have arisen elsewhere in the solar system.
Scientists suspect that the unexplained bursts could be coming from a very strong magnetic environment.
Scientists have identified what they believe to be the first known depiction of an exploding star.
Scientists have found the first direct evidence that supermassive black holes control the formation of stars.
Scientists have found a way to achieve an entire wheat generation - seed to seed - within eight weeks.
Scientists have discovered an entirely new phenomenon in fluid dynamics - pairs of connected whirlpools.
A new mathematical model of the Sun's magnetic activity has indicated that we may soon be in for a cold spell.
Scientists have identified a diverse group of organisms within fossils dating back 3.45 billion years.
Discovered in Western Australia, the fossil microbes are the oldest evidence of life ever identified.
By embedding nanoparticles in leaves, scientists at MIT have created plants that glow in the dark.
Scientists have managed to weigh how much water fell on Texas during the hurricane back in August.
Our planet is making a continuous low humming sound and nobody is quite sure what is causing it.
A newly discovered supermassive black hole is challenging what scientists know of the early universe.