Earth is crossing the threshold of 1.5°C of global warming, according to two major global studies which together suggest the planet's climate has likely entered a frightening new phase.

One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far ...

Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s,” Charles Piller looks how the amyloid hypothesis took over ...

Certain birds that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese found sanctuary in Antarctica during a mass extinction event 66 ...

Seismic wave data previously suggested the Earth’s hot inner core is slowing its spin. Now, researchers say it’s also ...

The team announced its “ultrahigh energy” neutrino on Wednesday, in a paper published in the journal Nature. The finding ...

Neutrinos are very mysterious particles,” says Damien Dornic, one of the co-authors of a new paper published February 12 in ...

Undersea detectors anchored deep in the Mediterranean Sea found an ultra-high-energy neutrino, a particle that opens a new window onto the cosmos.

A new study explores how complex chemical mixtures change under shifting environmental conditions, shedding light on the ...

Dust off your old science textbook from grade school and you’ll probably find a familiar illustration of the Earth sliced in half, revealing the planet’s layers, from the crust down to the core — ...

Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...

Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that ...