An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...

Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to ...

Genetic evidence from a new report suggests the coronavirus pandemic most likely spilled over from animals in the Wuhan ...

An international group of researchers says two decades of research have generated sufficient knowledge about the sources and effects of microplastics to allow world leaders to agree measures to ...

A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's ...

Researchers unexpectedly found traces of cocaine in the mummified brain tissue of 17th-century people buried in a crypt in ...

A new study offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million years. The data show that Earth has been and can be warmer than today -- but ...

"We found an overdensity of planets in this region, indicating a sharp transition between the barren Neptunian Desert and the more populated Neptunian Savanna." ...

Former President Donald Trump was given plenty of chances at last week’s debate to declare that he’d veto a national abortion ...

Fusion energy is a promising form of power generation that aims to harness the same process that powers the sun and stars.

The findings raise hope for treating an aggressive disease, which currently has a survival time of just 12-18 months ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...