During my research to understand what the barriers are to accessing the rich array of data collected by biodiversity ...

Within a modest engineering laboratory at Duke University, a new type of researcher is quietly at work next to an optical ...

Marathon runners consistently finished slower in cities with higher levels of dangerous particles in the air, researchers found.

As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and unspooled over a mile of fiber-optic cable into the frigid waters of the Salish Sea. Working by headlamp, they ...

Heavy metals are dangerous at high levels, but treatments that remove can also be risky and only benefit certain patients. Chelation therapy is used to treat acute cases of lead poisoning and other ...

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A major new report warns that humanity is approaching irreversible climate tipping points, including the loss of coral reefs and potential collapse of polar ice sheets. Credit: Shutterstock The 2025 ...

Satellite data reveal that a weak region in Earth's magnetic field has grown by an area roughly half the size of continental Europe in the last 10 years. A weak region in Earth's magnetic field has ...

In Exeter, UK, on October 13, 2025, a team of 160 climate scientists from 23 countries warned that the planet is rapidly approaching irreversible tipping points. The “Global Tipping Points Report,” ...

FILE PHOTO: Bleached coral is seen in a reef at the Costa dos Corais in Japaratinga in the state of Alagoas, Brazil April 16, 2024. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Global warming ...

"My first thought was, 'holy shmolies, that can't be right'. These are just very surprising results." Scientists have found that a sample of the moon brought to Earth in 1972 by Apollo 17 astronauts ...

We know inhaling polluted air harms our lungs—but what about our brains? According to compelling new research, pollution may put you at higher risk of being hospitalized for one of the most common ...