Rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs aren't just scenic parts of our landscape—they're also vital engines for life on Earth ...

Quantum states can only be prepared and observed under highly controlled conditions. A research team from Innsbruck, Austria, ...

In evolutionary terms, fitness is defined as an organism's ability to survive and reproduce its genes into the next generation. Genes influence fitness, sometimes competing against each other within ...

A method using free software and a drone with a low-cost camera has made it possible to select drought-tolerant corn plants.

A new study from the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet reveals that days with both high air pollution and extreme heat substantially raise the risk of death in Indian cities ...

As you age you naturally lose neurons and muscle mass and experience a decline in fertility and wound healing ability.

Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Pacific to end their privately funded polar tour.

History has repeatedly shown that moments of major social and political progress are often followed by backlash. For example, ...

The subject of today's NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 5530. NGC 5530 ...

In a significant advancement, researchers from the Nanoscience Center (NSC) at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, have ...

The desert that we see today in Arabia was once a region that repeatedly underwent "green" periods in the past, as a result ...

A study published in Science Advances has revealed promising strategies to significantly improve crop yields by addressing ...