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 ...

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.

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

Planetary scientists concluded that dark streaks spotted on the surface of Mars didn't have anything to do with flowing water ...

"Custom of the sea" was a historically accepted practice of cannibalism as a means of survival during shipwrecks and sea ...

Operating as a colossal floating factory, the Vsevolod Sibirtsev processes up to 600 tons of fish daily, serving as both a ...

An estimated 31 million tons of smelly brown seaweed is floating int eh Atlantic this year, experts say, and Florida beaches ...

Climate change solutions might be lurking in the dark recesses of your home, according to microbiologist James Henriksen, and ...

The writer and scholar Robert Macfarlane has spent much of his life climbing up mountains and fishing on rivers, and his ...

As a result, startup companies like Starcloud and Lonestar Data Holdings aim to put datacenters in outer space. These facilities—designed to orbit the Earth or reside on the surface of the Moon—would ...

My three kids love a good water table, and we’ve tested quite a few over the years in our backyard. The best water tables are easy to drain and clean, and they don’t tip over easily when kids ...