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Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.

While workers labored on a large construction site in the Gaza Strip, a security guard noticed a strange piece of stone sticking out of the earth.

Published today in the journal Earth's Future, researchers from UCL, the University of Cambridge and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) used a 3D […]

Results of multiple and complementary lab analyses of minerals found in samples of material from Antarctica could give scientists a better understanding of the […]

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured this massive galaxy cluster, called Abell 1351, with its Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys. […]

Record floods in southern China this month displaced more than half a million people, while searing heat buckled roads in other parts of the country.

A US navy destroyer sunk during World War II has been found nearly 7,000 meters (23,000 feet) below sea level off the Philippines, making it the world's […]

Humanity must heal oceans made sick by climate change, pollution and overfishing in order to rescue marine life and save ourselves, experts warned ahead of a […]

NASA put an asteroid mission on hold Friday, blaming the late delivery of its own navigation software.

An innovative scientific instrument, the Compact Color Biofinder, developed by a team of University of Hawai'i at Mānoa researchers, may change the game in […]

When permafrost thaws, water can flow more quickly through the ground, creating a complex subsurface flow system. Researchers at the Barrow Environmental […]

When the 2020 Labor Day Fires torched more than 300,000 hectares over the span of two weeks in parts of western Oregon and Washington, they devastated […]

Migratory birds are declining globally because of the way that humans have modified the landscape over recent decades—according to new research from the […]

It's often said that people who click right away share "chemistry."

In the largest epidemiologic study of arsenic and birth outcomes to date, researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago and collaborating institutions […]

Within and upon every human being reside countless microorganisms—the microbiota that help shape and direct the lives of their hosts. A similar phenomenon […]

During the past 10,000 years—the Holocene—human societies became larger and ever more complex. An international team of scientists led by Peter Turchin […]

Mass shootings are a source of shared anguish and outrage among Americans and are becoming more frequent. Extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), also known as […]

As a result of the worst shock to education and learning in recorded history, learning poverty has increased by a third in low- and middle-income countries, […]

A recent study out of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna (CSH) found that companies with female board members tend to perform better. The analysis examined the […]

Anthropogenic eutrophication of lake ecosystems is a global problem, especially for some large shallow lakes. But scientists have been unclear why shallow […]

Theoretical scientists have used topological mathematics and machine learning to identify a hidden relationship between nano-scale structures and thermal […]

The octopus is an exceptional organism with an extremely complex brain and cognitive abilities that are unique among invertebrates. So much so that in some […]

Consumer sentiment continued its downward trend, falling 14.4% in June, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.

Deakin University research has revealed managers' leadership styles could be to blame for their employees' health issues.