DNA is everywhere in the world's oceans—not only packaged inside cells from skin, scales, mucus, feces, and blood, but also ...

A global analysis has found that urban animals are bolder and more aggressive, exploratory and active than their rural ...

Public infrastructures like roads and electricity are so essential to society that people almost take their value for granted ...

Before Smile can begin studying how Earth responds to the streams of particles and bursts of radiation from the sun, the ...

As the global push toward a carbon-neutral society accelerates, understanding how microorganisms metabolize methanol with ...

Across the western United States, wildfires are increasing in size and intensity. As the climate continues to warm, more extreme wildfires will reshape landscapes and pose a growing risk to human ...

A potentially powerful El Niño could take shape later this year. While its effects are often felt dramatically across parts ...

Homes are being abandoned as climate change accelerates migration out of rural Bhutan, new research shows. The mountain ...

More than 900 million tonnes of materials, 4 million km2 of land, and 53 billion hours of labor. This is the scale of ...

Playing a virtual reality game in which the player takes on the role of the zombie fungus Ophiocordyceps increases the players' understanding of how evolution works. Last summer, Utrecht University ...

Mobile apps that allow people to share their location with others have become increasingly popular. But how and why do we use ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) companies influence policy and regulation using similar techniques to Big Tobacco, Big Pharma and Big Oil, according to a new study.