Tiny pieces of plastic, called microplastics, are showing up everywhere, even in the water in clouds, rain, and snow—and they may be affecting our weather and temperatures. A study published in ...

For centuries, astronomers faced the challenge of classifying objects in space based on their appearance. When observing an ...

Two University of Victoria (UVic) geologists have integrated field geology with statistical modeling to give scientists a new view of the chemical reactions happening on ocean floors billions of years ...

For millions of years of existence, dinosaurs' extinction was not as a result of their size, strength, or ferocity, but ...

A team of physicists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria has now identified what breaks that symmetry: a thin, ...

Sea turtle shells record life history layer by layer over many years, clearly revealing diet, stress, movement, and ocean ...

A microscopic layer of environmental carbon solves a long-standing mystery about static electricity's true origins.

Asteroid 16 Psyche, one of the largest and most enigmatic objects in the asteroid belt, is set to be the focal point of NASA’s Psyche mission in 2029. But as scientists eagerly await the spacecraft’s ...

A rockslide that forced the closure of Whistler Mountain’s Peak Express Chair last week is not an isolated incident, but part of a much larger and ongoing geological story playing out across the Sea ...

Explore the worst and weirdest places on Earth, from deadly deserts to toxic lakes. Discover extreme nature's secrets and bizarre landscapes. Dare to explo ...

When NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater in 2021, its primary mission was to scour the remnants of a dried-up Martian lakebed for signs of ancient life. Scientists have been focused on ...

Ancient rocks in Sweden are acting like a “rock clock,” helping scientists finally pin down when major Cambrian climate changes happened.