Scientists offered more evidence Wednesday that the coronavirus is spread by seemingly healthy people who show no clear symptoms, and the federal government issued new guidance warning that anyone exposed to the disease can be considered a carrier.
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Researchers have made new discoveries about the earliest history of humanity’s family tree, thanks to a brand-new research technique and an 800,000-year-old tooth.
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Researchers combing through soil samples in the South Pole found evidence that a vast rainforest stretched across West Antarctica nearly 90 million years ago, offering a first glimpse into prehistoric climate in Earth’s southernmost region.
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Almost half of the immigrants who moved to the United States in the past decade were college-educated, a level of education greatly exceeding immigrants from previous decades, as the arrival of highly skilled workers supplanted workers in fields like construction that shrank after the Great Recession.
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At a former open pit copper mine filled with billions of gallons of toxic water, sirens and loud pops from propane cannons echoed off the granite walls to scare away birds so they don’t land.
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The common nightingale, one of the most well-known and musically enchanting songbirds in the world, have begun to suffer from shorter wing sizes – and climate change may be the culprit.
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Chemists from University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a plan to aid humans in the eventual effort to settle on Mars, according to a study released Tuesday.
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An Australian astrophysicist bored by coronavirus isolation saw his attempted invention to stop people catching the disease go hilariously wrong when he landed in hospital with magnets stuck up his nose.
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Middle-aged people, not just the elderly, have a dramatically higher risk of dying or developing serious illness from Covid-19, new research from Britain showed Tuesday.
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Though the destruction of tropical rainforests is known to negatively impact global carbon levels, new research revealed Monday shows that excessive logging also affects the growth and life of nearby trees left behind.
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Some political leaders are hailing a potential breakthrough in the fight against Covid-19: simple pin-prick blood tests or nasal swabs that can determine within minutes if someone has, or had, the virus.
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Polyurethanes are ubiquitous, composing the material used in many products from microcellular seals to skateboard wheels. One of the reasons the plastic is so popular with material scientists is that it is so durable.
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A mysterious new species of small to medium-sized, feathered, carnivorous dinosaur that lived during the Cretaceous Period has been recently discovered in New Mexico.
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Stop eating scaly anteaters. That is one of the conclusions, published in the journal Nature on Thursday, drawn by more than a dozen Chinese researchers who found two lineages of coronaviruses in smuggled pangolins with striking similarities to the pandemic respiratory disease Covid-19.
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To gauge the impact that fleeing extremist ideologs have on the communities they move into, researchers turned to an unlikely source: an Austrian phonebook.
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If common knowledge says animals with bigger brains are better suited to the complexities of urban environments, then why are there so many pigeons in cities? Research published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution on Tuesday provides evidence for two city survival strategies for birds: bigger brains and breeding often.
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A team of geologists revealed Monday the discovery of the ancestor of most familiar modern animals, including humans.
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Scientists announced Friday the discovery of a previously unknown significant source of carbon hidden in the Arctic that has researchers concerned over what it may mean amid the era of climate crisis.
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NASA said it has suspended work on building and testing the rocket and capsule for its Artemis manned mission to the Moon due to the rising number of coronavirus cases in the community.
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In the 1930s, America experienced the Dust Bowl, an environmental and socioeconomic disaster that made matters worse during the Great Depression.
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