“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Half of the unprovoked shark attacks in the U.S. last year took place along the Florida coastline, new data shows.

Researchers discovered the body of water—now the largest known underground thermal lake in the world—while investigating a ...

"We have discovered a molecular switch that can revert the fate of cancer cells," said biologist Kwang-Hyun Cho.

As you might have guessed, given that Hough is a seismologist for the USGS, the study she and her team recently published in ...

Rain on burned hillslopes can trigger dangerous floods and debris flows. Those debris flows can move with the speed of a ...

Hosted by The College of Wooster and funded by The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation B-WISER aims to encourage girls, a ...

The Children’s Discovery Museum in uptown Normal held its 2nd annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science. At the ...

As New Mexico State Forester since 2019, McCarthy is responsible for forest management on 43 million acres of state and private lands. Under her leadership, the State Forestry Division has doubled in ...

Scientists are studying Saturn's moon Titan to assess its tidal dissipation rate, the energy lost as it orbits the ringed planet with its massive gravitational force. Understanding tidal dissipation ...

Feb. 10, 2025 — Earth's inner core is undergoing structural transformation. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth's surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer ...

Lunar: A history of the moon in myths, maps and matter tells the story of the coexistence between humanity and the celestial ...