Scientists are increasingly relying on powerful data sources and tools that they often cannot fully understand, inspect or ...

In ant colonies, a single ant can be the catalyst for a wave of mob activity, launching brief bursts of coordinated movement ...

A strengthening tropical storm named Lala is set to hit Hawaii's Big Island with hurricane-force gales on Saturday, bringing ...

The UK has experienced several heat waves this summer—heat stress among workers is one of the biggest causes of ...

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, damaging buildings and homes, and ...

As summer temperatures soar across the United States and Europe, cities are being forced to confront the difficult reality ...

On the banks of the Waal, the Dutch branch of the Rhine, swimmers are sunning themselves on a Nijmegen beach that didn't ...

A new pathway has opened for controlling the rotation direction of light simply by changing how molecules are arranged, ...

Madison researchers recognize a new species of baobab tree, Adansonia bozy, unique to Madagascar, according to a study ...

More than 40 years after the end of commercial whaling, new research reveals a recent increase in sightings of the world's ...

The Huashan rock art landscape in southern China, close to the border with Vietnam, is a remarkable UNESCO World Heritage ...

Salt and sugar from the sea can rise as far as the free troposphere, thereby influencing both cloud formation and the Arctic ...