When and how quickly can ecosystems "tip" and how will they develop in the future? Researchers from the University of Potsdam, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and the Technical ...

Women have moved from mapmakers using their bodies to depict maps to being leaders shaping the field of cartography.

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Gladys West, right, developed the mathematical models behind GPS. U.S. Navy/Wikimedia Commons Although women have always been ...

A trio of ancient mesas is rewriting what we know about wind, sand, and deep-time geology, captured in stunning detail from ...

Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with more than 10 years working with financial planning, derivatives, equities, fixed income, project management, and analytics. Suzanne is a ...

Clay Halton was a Business Editor at Investopedia and has been working in the finance publishing field for more than five years. He also writes and edits personal finance content, with a focus on ...

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Fossils reveal snakes once possessed functional legs, challenging the notion of a linear evolutionary path. The discovery of Najash rionegrina, a 90-million-year-old terrestrial snake with intact ...

Three billion years ago, you could have stood on Mars and watched a river spill into a sea. That picture is still speculative ...

Enzymes help with specific functions that are vital to the operation and overall health of the human body. They help speed up chemical reactions and are essential for respiration, digestion, muscle ...

Indicator species are living organisms that tell us that something has changed or is going to change in their environment. They can be easily observed, and studying them is considered a cost-effective ...