Based on simulations, researchers report that the next big earthquake along the San Andreas fault is unlikely to resemble ...

The report highlights how more than 16,000 chemicals are used in plastic, many of which are not disclosed by the companies making it. Plastic chemicals are tied to health effects at all stages of ...

The pathway from climate change to violent conflict is not simple. There are the obvious immediate effects of global warming ...

Over the past 8,000 years, Utah's Great Salt Lake has been sensitive to changes in climate and water inflow. Now, new ...

Does keeping authors' identities secret during peer review make the process more fair? A new large-scale field study, led by ...

Researchers at Rice University and collaborating institutions have discovered direct evidence of active flat electronic bands ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX announced Friday that its Starship megarocket is scheduled to blast off on a new test flight next weekend ...

A belief that individual actions do make a meaningful difference is among the common factors that motivate people to ...

Electricity flows through wires to deliver power, but it loses energy as it moves, delivering less than it started with. But ...

In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ancient humans wielded an array of stone tools—known collectively as ...

A team of scientists from Korea and Japan has discovered a new type of crystal that can "breathe"—releasing and absorbing ...