Coral reefs have long been celebrated as biodiversity hotspots—but new research shows they have also played a much deeper ...

Earth's atmosphere might have contributed to the origin of life more than previously thought. In a study published in the ...

When males are forced to compete for females, new species form more rapidly. This has been shown in a new study where the ...

New research from the University of St Andrews, as part of a team led by the University of Bradford, has confirmed the ...

After a finite number of divisions, cells simply give up. As each round of replication trims their telomeres—the protective ...

The color "ultrablack"—defined as reflecting less than 0.5% of the light that hits it—has a variety of uses, including in ...

South Florida's air may not be as clean as it seems. Invisible yet all around, PFAS—the so-called "forever chemicals"—drift ...

Nigeria's basic education landscape consists of public (government) schools and a diverse private sector. Private schools in ...

Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, sauté vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for ...

Many high school seniors are currently in the midst of the college application process or are already waiting to hear back ...

Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two large, hot stars brushed tantalizingly close to Earth's sun. They left behind a trace in ...

Scientists have taken another major step toward creating stable quantum computers. Using a specialized quantum computer chip ...