Astronomers have linked an X-ray flash discovered by the Einstein Probe to a known type of supernova with unusual features ...

Firefighters battled for a second day Sunday to contain a forest fire on the Greek Aegean island of Skyros, as the local ...

A Chinese container vessel has set sail for Europe through the Arctic as part of a new weekly service on a route that cuts ...

Prolonged dry spells or droughts can sometimes reduce aquatic diseases, many of which affect people. Yet other times, water ...

Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have spotted an extremely bright red spot in the early universe. The object resembles an ...

The strongest glasses have an Achilles' heel that causes them to fail catastrophically when pushed past their limit. They do ...

Humans love dogs, but petting them can leave some people sneezing and wheezing. About 15% of the world's population lives with a dog allergy, which can increase the risk of hay fever and asthma. The ...

Employers are increasingly investing in training to prepare their employees for artificial intelligence (AI). Training ...

A new study from Murdoch University has found that the introduced plant disease Phytophthora dieback is indirectly hindering quendas in Western Australia's jarrah forests by reducing their habitat ...

Time-reversal symmetry is an exotic behavior found in systems whose internal physics looks different when running forward versus backward in time. For some time, physicists have searched for this ...

Tiny viruses that infect bacteria could one day help us tackle infections that antibiotics can no longer treat. But first, ...

Many fascinating phases in quantum materials emerge when electrons, atoms and other microscopic components begin to act ...