The chances of intelligent life emerging in our universe—and in any hypothetical ones beyond it—can be estimated by a new ...

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have reached a record high in 2024, according to new research by the Global Carbon ...

A new computational method can identify how cause-and-effect relationships ebb and flow over time in dynamic real-life ...

An elusive particle that first formed in the hot, dense maelstrom of the early universe has puzzled physicists for decades.

All animals, large or small, have to move at an incredible precision to interact with the world. Understanding how the brain ...

It's still one of the coolest things I ever saw. I was in the U.S. Air Force in the 90s, and November 1998 saw me deployed to ...

A new study in Nature Communications finds that limiting global warming to 1.5 °C is still possible, but some countries ...

Fossil fuels are the leading driver of climate change, yet they are still heavily subsidized by governments around the world.

Apple trees, like many perennial plants, endure a prolonged juvenile stage before reaching maturity, during which they ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have developed a novel nanotechnology-based solution for the ...

The story of Arctic greening has overlooked some main characters. At center stage are climate change and warming temperatures ...

Until recently, a gap existed in the world map of amber discoveries: the Antarctic continent. But that gap has finally been ...