Grazing livestock and farming over the past 4000 years have rapidly accelerated the rate of soil loss in the Alps, ...

Over multiple generations, small nematode worms began preferring microplastic-contaminated food over cleaner options, which ...

Researchers have genetically engineered gut microbes to absorb compounds that contribute to kidney stones – and to thrive in ...

It turns out that obesity may be much more complicated than we thought, with the condition potentially existing in up to 11 ...

Instead of the big bang, some physicists have suggested that our universe may have come from a big bounce following another ...

Small, compact galaxies seen in the early universe have puzzled astronomers – finding these unusual objects closer to home ...

A wave of anti-vaccine sentiment has spurred measles outbreaks around the world, and could lead to outbreaks of other ...

The UK's Online Safety Act is intended to stop children from accessing pornography online, but its potential implications are ...

Using samples collected by the Chinese Chang’e 5 mission, researchers have discovered a new way to release water from lunar ...

Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts program is a globe-spanning earthquake early-warning system that uses billions of phone ...

Proposed budget cuts in the US will lead to the loss of vital carbon dioxide measurements, but no other countries are ...

Satellite data suggests cloud darkening is responsible for much of the warming since 2001, and the good news is that it is a ...