Genetics

One of the world’s richest biodiversity hot spots is Peru’s Madre de Dios, a region of the Amazon nestled at […]

Over the last 485 million years, Earth has been both a lot colder and a lot hotter than once thought.

In 2013, Ning Zeng came across a very old, and ultimately very important, log. He and his colleagues were digging

Dust pollution is known to contribute to asthma and heart and lung disease. But dust blowing from Utah’s Great Salt

Above the cloud tops, thunderstorms throb with a complex, frenetic light show of high-energy radiation. A view from a retrofitted

For billions of years, the continents have moved across the Earth’s surface like tectonic vessels, but they have not survived

Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting questions from readers about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do

When strained by earthquakes, underground networks of quartz veins can generate enough tension to leach gold from passing fluids, researchers

Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting questions from readers about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do

Flicking the dimmer switch can help some indoor farmers curb one of their biggest challenges: rising electricity costs. Growing crops