Hydropower is often described as a cornerstone of the global energy transition because of its ability to provide reliable, ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Researchers at UNSW have developed a novel fire-resistant spray that could slow the rate at which cotton materials catch fire ...

A team of scientists from the University of Chicago, the University of California Berkeley, Argonne National Laboratory, and ...

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

Scientists have unveiled a new approach to detecting gravitational waves in the milli-Hertz frequency range, providing access ...

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