Recent massive volcanoes have risen from the ocean floor deep under the Arctic ice cap, spewing plumes of fragmented magma into the sea, scientists who filmed the aftermath have reported.

One in six cancers, including some of the most aggressive and lethal varieties, could soon be traceable in a simple blood test with the discovery of an abnormal type of DNA.

Are parallel realities exerting a strange force on our own, causing galaxy clusters to stream across space towards the edge of the known universe?

Two circulating beams have produced the first particle collisions in the world's biggest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, three days after its restart.

Astronomers have made a detailed study of a star-forming region in the Orion Nebula, for the first time getting a close look at the birth of a massive star.

Slowing population growth would help battle global warming, says an unprecedented report that links demographic pressure and climate change.