The chances of intelligent life emerging in our universe—and in any hypothetical ones beyond it—can be estimated by a new ...

There is a 50% chance that global warming will consistently exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next six years, according to a ...

Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon ...

A scientist who was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer treated herself using lab-grown viruses, a method researchers say is 'not ...

An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...

Scientists can’t know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale warning signs.

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

Since its deployment, the James Webb Space Telescope has been fine-tuned by experts to maintain its powerful optical ...

This year's U.N. climate summit - COP29 - is being held during yet another record-breaking year of higher global temperatures ...

A new report describes the dire state of Earth’s snow and ice, suggesting several major tipping points are likelier than ...

Google DeepMind releases AlphaFold 3's source code to academics, marking a significant advance in AI-powered molecular biology and drug discovery, while balancing open science with commercial ...

Enrollment is up for most colleges and universities in the Tarrant County area in comparison to 2023. But at the largest ...