Plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought—and may be a big ...

There is a large population of older adults with physical problems that prevent them from leaving home. Many have significant ...

In some cases, however, brains outlast all other soft tissues and remain intact for hundreds or thousands of years.

There are fewer than 500 Ethiopian wolves, and they may be the first large carnivore known to act as a pollinator ...

The Arctic is likely to become “ice-free“ by midcentury—and could pass that grim milestone much sooner—unless much more is done to combat climate change ...

Using teeth-whitening treatments to achieve a brighter smile may be appealing, but experts say overdoing it could cause ...

A man scouring Google Earth found a mysterious scar in the Australian outback. And now scientists know what caused it ...

A summit many hoped would yield a landmark treaty to tackle a global plastic pollution crisis ended in disappointment after ...

Lightning strikes in the atmosphere can trigger a rain of high-powered “killer electrons” in low-Earth orbit that form ...

From the sunlit top 200 meters of the sea, plankton carcasses, excrement and molt particles constantly drift toward the depths. As this so-called marine snow sinks, the bits can clump together or ...

Matej Lipar is Adjunct Research Fellow in Curtin University’s School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and head of the ...

Astronomy is a lovely undertaking by day or by night, but the sky has delights to offer in the between times as well. When ...