Little Friends We've heard of underground parties — but this is ridiculous. A recently released study authored by microbial ...

From the flamboyant blossoms and birds of rainforests to the living rainbows of coral reefs, Earth’s surface is teeming with ...

Humans have become a geologic force by cooking the planet — using fire on a scale that is altering land, water, air and ...

Discover how scientists blend biology, synthetic biology, and astrobiology to speculate on alien life forms, focusing on the ...

The University of Kentucky College of Design is partnering with New York-based nonprofit organization The World Around (TWA) ...

Heat Absorption Oceans play a crucial role in absorbing excess heat generated by greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, they take ...

The survival of organisms in the vacuum of space could support the theory that life didn't start on Earth, but originated ...

Unlocking seismic data could aid the search for fresh groundwater in Africa, where water scarcity affects two-thirds of the ...

Crucial to all life on Earth, the 15th element of phosphorus remains a real puzzle for astronomers. Specialized space telescopes are needed to shed light on the issue.

Instruments like the those currently on the Red Planet were used to study samples collected from an 'Mars-like' area in Chile ...

Carrying a rifle and keeping an alcohol-ration card are a few things that surprised me about living in Longyearbyen, the ...

Instead of relying on energy-hungry reactors to generate high temperatures and pressure, researchers are looking underground at Earth's natural heat and forces to cook up ammonia for fertilizer. In a ...