The recent tragic floods in Texas have focused attention on the human impact of the cuts to government infrastructure and services in the United States by Donald Trump's administration.

Fossils are invaluable archives of the past. They preserve details about living things from a few thousand to hundreds of millions of years ago.

Antarctica's patterns of stark seasonal changes, with months of darkness followed by a summer of 24-hour daylight, prompted ...

An alga that threatens freshwater ecosystems and is toxic to vertebrates has a sneaky way of ensuring its success: It suppresses the growth of algal competitors by releasing chemicals that deprive ...

Monitoring changes in water temperature and pressure at the seafloor can improve understanding of ocean circulation, climate, and natural hazards such as tsunamis. In recent years, scientists have ...

Due to extreme temperatures and the dryness of Mars, it's thought to be impossible for liquid water to form on the planet's surface, a critical precondition for habitability. The only hope of finding ...

The dream of flying has always fascinated humanity. In evolutionary history, the ability to fly has emerged independently ...

A new paper from a team of Cornell University researchers shows that the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus causes ...

Maybe you've been called "stupid" in a one-on-one, laughed at during a presentation or blatantly ignored in a group meeting.

Scientists have developed a technology that may help humans survive on the moon. In a study published in the journal Joule, ...

For the first time, international researchers have pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the ...

Forests, grasslands, and other natural areas around the world have access to about a quarter less nitrogen than previously ...