TECH & SCIENCE

Fathers becoming more aware of the work and costs of child care could have reduced their desire to have more children, researchers suggest.

Humans have always been able to count, but as we evolved we quickly moved to measuring lengths, weights and time.

Researchers have worked out how the plant is able to absorb high quantities of the substance without dying.

“The Casebooks Project has opened a wormhole into the grubby and enigmatic world of seventeenth-century medicine, magic and the occult," said researcher Lauren Kassell, who has spent the last 10 years digitizing the notes.

Designed for users who are deaf or hard of hearing, the update transcribes "sound events" in real time.

The rocky world is located around 4 billion miles from Earth.

A rare seasonal “blue moon” will take place on May 18. The next one won’t be until August 2021.

Megalithic jars were found in 15 sites the Southeast Asian nation of Laos.

Scientists believe there are more pieces of plastic in the ocean than stars in the Milky Way.

There are several ways we could alter Earth's orbit so it is in a spot further away from the Sun.

This subterranean "wood wide web" underpins much of life on Earth and could play a crucial role in limiting climate change.

The dormant volcano appears to have formed by mantle rising from the transition zone—the first time this has been documented.