A chemical commonly found in sunscreen could be making plastic in oceans even harder to break down, according to University ...

New research into the biomechanics of explosive seed dispersal in squirting cucumbers (Ecballium elaterium) reveals how these ...

Illegally manufactured fentanyl kills a significant number of people in the United States and Canada every year. Since the ...

Weather forecasting is not easy. The truth is that predicting future weather conditions over broad, or even narrow, swaths of ...

A collaborative research team has successfully developed a novel fluorescent probe, SLY (Sialyl Lewis Yellow), capable of ...

As the Texas flooding death toll reached 95 on July 6—at least 27 of them children—and Tropical Storm Chantal prompted dozens ...

Originally bred for meat and fur, the European rabbit has become a successful invader worldwide. When domesticated breeds ...

Not much can surprise someone who partook in four shuttle missions and three space walks during a 36-year career with NASA.

Using NuSTAR and XMM-Newton satellites, astronomers from New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi have observed a pulsar known as ...

Light sometimes appears to be "dragged" by the motion of the medium through which it is traveling. This phenomenon, referred ...

Throughout their everyday lives, humans are typically required to make a wide range of decisions, which can impact their well ...

While well-documented in the Northern Hemisphere and Antarctica, much less is known about killer whales (Orcinus orca) in ...