The chances of intelligent life emerging in our universe—and in any hypothetical ones beyond it—can be estimated by a new ...

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have reached a record high in 2024, according to new research by the Global Carbon ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have developed a novel nanotechnology-based solution for the ...

An elusive particle that first formed in the hot, dense maelstrom of the early universe has puzzled physicists for decades.

Until recently, a gap existed in the world map of amber discoveries: the Antarctic continent. But that gap has finally been ...

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a patch for easier and more effective treatment of psoriasis. The ...

Bioluminescence is the natural chemical process of light creation in some living creatures that makes fireflies flicker and ...

Four in every five people in Africa cook using wood, charcoal and other polluting fuels in open fires or inefficient stoves.

Scientists at EMBL Grenoble and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) have developed a new method for using in ...

It's still one of the coolest things I ever saw. I was in the U.S. Air Force in the 90s, and November 1998 saw me deployed to ...

Some 80% of weather radiosondes—remote measurement instruments containing plastic, batteries and electronic parts—end up lost ...

Book bans in U.S. schools and libraries during the 2021-22 school year disproportionately targeted children's books written ...