Arms bound, tossed into freezing water—if you floated, you were a witch. If you sank, you were innocent... and dead.

If you are sneezing this spring, you are not alone. Every year, plants release billions of pollen grains into the air, specks ...

Palynologists who study tiny pollen fossils share 4 stories found in grains that fell hundreds to millions of years ago.

The sea ice in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound has held secrets beneath its surface for decades. Now, scientists have unlocked ...

Global Risks Report (2024) identified extreme weather, like flooding, as a key risk. The risk categories that can affect ...

Researchers are trying to rebuild sea ice above the Arctic Circle so it can reflect the sun’s warming rays, slowing climate ...

A haze of ice crystals in the air created a halo around the low sun as three snowmobiles thundered onto the sea ice on a ...

Our list of the best botanic gardens in Southern California spans Santa Barbara to San Diego and includes gardens everyone ...

Whether you’re chasing that golden-hour paddle across mirror-smooth water or channeling your inner speed demon on a jet ski, ...

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Astronomers have filled a large gap in knowledge about Mars' water cycle. Their research on water percolating from surface to aquifer could change the picture of what early Mars was like, suggesting ...

The world's ice sheets are on course for runaway melting, leading to multiple metres of sea level rise and "catastrophic" ...