An unexpected region of the Amazon is at the forefront of rapid growth in climate extremes, a new report reveals. The central ...

The ocean holds gigantic amounts of carbon, much more than all land-based plants and soil. Scientists previously studied ...

When saltwater fish long ago evolved to live in fresh water, many of them also evolved a more sophisticated hearing system, ...

Beyond the race for scientific, commercial and military purposes, there is another space race of a more curious sort. A race ...

Liberals and conservatives both oppose censorship of children's literature—unless the writing offends their own ideology, new ...

Each day, we breathe more than 7,000 liters of air. Unsurprisingly, the quality of this air really matters. And given most of ...

The ancient Athenian writer Isocrates (436–338 BC) once commented: "Many cities judge those who excel in the athletic ...

What did early humans like to eat? The answer, according to a team of archaeologists in Argentina, is extinct megafauna, such ...

Television nature programs and scientific papers tend to celebrate the perfection of evolved traits. But the father of ...

The adage goes "like mother like daughter," and in the case of Irene Joliot-Curie, truer words were never spoken. She was the ...

When we talk about microbiota, we usually think of the one inhabiting our gut. But there is another, less known and equally ...

Phosphorus is one of six key elements necessary for life on Earth. When combined with hydrogen, phosphorus forms the molecule ...