The study raises important question for using solar cells and plants on the same field.

Spanish sign languages seem to be among the oldest in Europe.

Authorities have been caught off guard by the spreading of a pneumonia-like virus from China into the US.

The seas on Mars might have been much like those on Earth.

However, there's a good side to all of this.

It's not wine out of water, but it's just as impressive.

Is culture... Darwinian?

They apparently lived in harmony with the environment -- even in urban areas.

Fires in Australia have shown that we need to get proactive and work to prevent fires.

Climate change is unfolding before our eyes -- but the deniers would have us believe otherwise.

Finally, it's about time!

Good news... but not good enough.

The flower measures 1.1 m (3.64ft) across. However, these flowers are also threatened by extinction.

The country is well on its way to becoming carbon neutral.

It has been a few days since the Taal volcano in the Philippines started rumbling. Even as things seem to...

But despite Trump's bragging, this is not owed to his administration.

New Hubble study takes us one step closer to understanding the mysterious dark matter.

Buzzing temblors marked the formation of a supervolcano -- but there is no risk yet.

Some of these new species are already at risk of extinction.

A thought-provoking working paper suggests that installing air filters into classrooms could help students perform better by a significant margin....

How hot are you? Probably not as hot as you think.

Environmental disasters have become terribly common in Australia.

This is not a story about snakes -- this is about saving lives.

In these conditions, a human expert can detect a tumor in about 30 minutes. The AI can do it in...

A lot of hype, and some of it is warranted. But things are far from clear when it comes to...

A small tool for a puffin, a large tool for puffinkind.

In areas of Australia, the sound of firetrucks is so common that birds are now mimicking them.

This could be a major game changer for millions of people.

Gastritis is a painful irritation or erosion of the lining of the stomach. It is usually caused by excessive consumption...

It's a small step for bacteria, and potentially a very large step for mankind.

Underwater photography is spectacular enough. But what if we could make it even more amazing?

Every snowflake truly is unique.

Continuously cutting down forests and planting new ones is deplenting the soils of crucial minerals, new analysis shows.

An alliance of fossil fuel-loving countries (boasting the US, Russia, Australia, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia) stood against the world, fighting...

The sodium cyanide bombs are deployed to kill livestock predators, but opponents claim that the traps are inhumane and have...

Years later, tortoises still remember what they were taught.

We thought microplastics were a big problem... but they're a huge one.

The solution is something most governments don't even want to hear.

See the world in a whole new light.

This is an unmitigated catastrophe.

Human communication dynamics have changed substantially in the past few decades. It wasn't long ago that if you wanted to...

Although the practice was criminalized in 2018, the law is rarely imposed and as a result, women are still forced...

New research reveals the physics governing the fissures through which ocean water erupts from the moon's icy surface.

The decision is yours.

A joint project involving 15 Philadelphia libraries digitized 160,000 pages dating from the 9th century. You can access them for...

We can accept climate change or not. It's happening either way. Image credits: NES. Back in the 1970s, both the...

The Indonesian President has instructed government agencies to start replacing public servants with artificial intelligence.

Have you ever tried sending a mating call when there's a plane nearby? It's the worst.

As if mother nature didn't already have enough to deal with.

Nine in ten make-up bags contained dangerous microbes. The newly popular ‘beauty blender’ products were worst offenders.