Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

Our planet’s history is one of extreme climate cycles that repeat across time, with insights into the Earth’s previous ...

For 20 years, teachers in North Carolina’s Caldwell County Schools relied on one textbook and their imaginations to teach ...

Animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world—they are its architects. A new study led by Professor Gemma Harvey from ...

If eliminating policies that protect the planet results in polluted air and unsafe water, the American public will push back.

A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

Bright minds from Great Neck South Middle School and Ward Melville High School won first place at regional middle and high ...

Prepare to get schooled If you have kids in school, or even if you don’t, you’ve probably realized that there’s a lot about ...

In my Feb 9 issue of Science, I read where our next big computer will work at the exaflop level (picture a switch being ...

In “What Fell From the Sky,” by Adrianna Cuevas, and “Oasis,” by Guojing, the best examples of humanity aren’t necessarily ...

Satellite records show spectacular vegetation growth coinciding with the first year of the pandemic. Researchers investigated whether lockdowns played a role.

NASA has issued an alert for two asteroids passing Earth soon. These space rocks include one bus-sized and two airplane-sized objects. While they pose no threat, their approach highlights the need ...