One of the most profound discoveries in planetary science over the past 25 years is that worlds with oceans beneath layers of rock and ice are...
The electron is one of the fundamental particles in nature we read about in school. Its behavior holds clues to new ways to store digital data.
The hummingbird is named after the humming sound it makes when it hovers in front of flowers to feed. But only now has it become clear...
A sustainable, powerful micro-supercapacitor may be on the horizon, thanks to an international collaboration of researchers from Penn State and the University of...
The fragile karst landscape of southwest China suffered serious degradation of vegetation and soil. During vegetation restoration, secondary vegetation succession...
The Holy Grail of crops that can survive long heat waves and drought may be a step closer with scientists finding a way to precisely measure...
An important Maya man buried nearly 1,300 years ago led a privileged yet difficult life. The man, a diplomat named Ajpach' Waal, suffered malnutrition or illness...
The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic is creating a viral archive, an archaeological record of history in the making. One aspect of this archive is increased environmental...
NASA may soon chalk up another one-year space mission thanks to an out-of-this-world Russian movie-making deal.
When Steamboat Geyser, the world's tallest, started erupting again in 2018 in Yellowstone National Park after decades of relative silence, it raised a few tantalizing...