A bug which lives entirely on its own and survives without oxygen in complete darkness underground has been discovered in South Africa.

Astronomers have been thrown into a quandary after discovering a Jupiter-sized object which is so exotic they're unsure whether it is actually planet or a failed star.

Scientists were today celebrating the first successful prediction of an asteroid smashing into the Earth's atmosphere. The chunk of space debris burst in a spectacular fireball though it was no more than 15ft across.

As the world seems to march toward downloaded or streamed digital music, SanDisk today is unveiling a new physical medium for music.It's called slotMusic, and it's basically an album on a thumbnail-size microSD card.

Chris Stringer and colleagues (including Finlayson and Barton) have a paper in the current PNAS early bin describing Neandertal exploitation of marine mammals in the Gibraltar caves (Vanguard and Gorham's). The Neandertals left some seals and dolphin bone

A newly discovered species of a blind, subterranean predator -- dubbed the "Ant from Mars" -- is likely a descendant of one of the very first ants to evolve on Earth, a new study finds.

Unlike some parents, adult stem cells don't seem to mind when their daughters get a tattoo. In fact, they're willing to pass them along.

The Church of England will concede in a statement that it was over-defensive and over-emotional in dismissing Darwin's ideas. It will call "anti-evolutionary fervour" an "indictment" on the Church".

Evolution is the linchpin of modern biology. Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin wants creationism to be taught in public schools. This would violate the Constitution, so creationists are using buzzwords like "academic freedom" to attack evolution.

A United Nations agency is quietly drafting technical standards, proposed by the Chinese government, to define methods of tracing the original source of Internet communications and potentially curbing the ability of users to remain anonymous.