LOS ANGELES - As California prepares for a potentially historic El Niño, scientists are tracking underwater Kelvin waves that ...

They move through the Sun like slow, immense swells, far below anything telescopes can see. For years, those depths have remained out of reach. Light cannot escape them, and direct measurements are ...

New research shows that marine heat waves can reshape ocean food webs, which in turn can slow the transport of carbon to the deep sea and hamper the ocean's ability to buffer against climate change.

Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have discovered new large-scale waves moving deep inside the sun, driven by magnetic fields far below the surface. These waves provide a window into parts of the sun that ...

It has been known for nearly 20 years that slow, synchronous electrical waves in the brain during deep sleep support the formation of memories. Why that is, was previously unknown. How do permanent ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about chimpanzee "conversations," oxygen from the bottom of the ocean and how a computer program may warn of rogue waves. It's ...

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Scientists probe Earth's interior using earthquake data. (Edward Garnero and Mingming Li/Arizona State University) It's a bit dizzying if you think about it: We're hurtling through space on a rock ...