Massive volcanic eruptions ignited oil and coal deposits in Siberia in the events that led to the Permian-Triassic “Great Dying” event.
Scientists at Columbia University have developed a treatment that blocks the virus in the nose and lungs, is inexpensive and needs no refrigeration.
Deaths are far below the rate of the spring, when as many as 2,200 people were dying every day, but experts warn they are rising fast.
Thanksgiving is even more of a logistical puzzle this year, and some people are solving it differently.
In “Kindred,” Rebecca Wragg Sykes offers a complete new story about Neanderthals, both how they lived and how they met their end.
A new analysis of data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft increases the number of habitable exoplanets thought to exist in this galaxy.
Scientists are figuring out the chemical triggers that turn the liquid stored in silk glands into a solid that’s tougher than Kevlar.
While later dinosaurs in this lineage were giant herbivores with tiny brains, this small species packed a lot more power in its skull.
They went to the space station in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, launching a new era of human spaceflight.
Women who are socially isolated have an increased risk for high blood pressure, researchers report. But men, not so much.