Cosmos

Using chemical techniques that make whole mouse bodies and organs highly transparent, researchers can track metastasis at the single-cell level.

For the past 70 years, antibiotics have given us the upper hand against microbial invaders. Now the bugs are fighting back.

The strange geometry of Uranus’s magnetic field means it opens and closes each time the planet spins

Research supports Gould’s hypothesis that new characteristics evolve during periods of rapid change.

To understand what created the myriad fossil tracks at Australia’s Lark Quarry, scientists built a detailed model foot to make some tracks of their own. John Pickrell reports.

Paleontologists thought they had a good idea of the diversity of feathered dinosaur species. But a recent finding left them scratching their heads

Research shows that groups of robots need different ‘personality’ types to work collectively and overcome obstacles.

For the first time physicists have experimentally simulated a long-predicted relationship between two kinds of magnetic monopole.

Tiny tractor beams made from quantum-mechanical matter waves could make vital tools for nanotechnology