A common farm pesticide may be aging fish faster, raising new fears about invisible damage in freshwater ecosystems.

How does life begin on land that did not exist yesterday? Surtsey, a volcanic island about 20 miles south of Iceland, has given scientists a rare answer since it rose from the North Atlantic during ...

A Brazilian entrepreneur has turned a familiar party problem into a fast-growing product, a recyclable cardboard cooler that keeps drinks cold for up to six hours and is already moving about 40,000 ...

A small bat from the Western Himalayas has now been recognized as a new species, and it comes with two features that are hard to miss once you know where to look. The animal, named Myotis himalaicus ...

Graphene concrete is moving from lab benches to real job sites with a tempting promise: lighter slabs, less cement and structures that may last longer. The catch is just as important. Specialists say ...

A fossilized egg from southern China has opened a rare window into a dinosaur’s final moments before hatching. Inside it, scientists found an exceptionally complete embryo, nicknamed Baby Yingliang, ...

Gas heaters are no longer the automatic choice for new homes in several major markets. New York has written all-electric building rules into law, Germany has spent the past few years pushing heating ...

In Devens, Massachusetts, a steel half-ring weighing about 53 U.S. tons has become the latest visible sign that private fusion is moving out of renderings and into heavy assembly. Commonwealth Fusion ...

A Florida hobbyist has built a small solar-powered cooling system that does something surprisingly simple. It uses sunshine to freeze water during the day, then uses that ice later as a “thermal ...

A routine repair at El Perdiguero reservoir in Calahorra, La Rioja, has turned into a warning about the hidden wildlife costs of emptying water infrastructure. The drawdown was carried out to replace ...

What if the leftovers from your breakfast banana ended up in your T‑shirt, your notebook or even a fruit tray at the supermarket? That idea is moving from curiosity to reality as factories learn how ...

For the first time, scientists have strong evidence that a huge volcanic cave lies beneath the surface of Venus. By reanalyzing radar images from NASA’s Magellan mission, a team from University of ...