Sparkling water may help gamers stay focused during long gaming sessions, reducing mental fatigue without the need for ...

For years, Iran’s nuclear fatwa served as a centerpiece of its diplomatic defense. Iranian officials cited it at the United Nations, in negotiations with the P5+1, and in public statements intended to ...

His best-selling 1968 book, which forecast global famines, made him a leader of the environmental movement. But he faced criticism when his predictions proved premature.

Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, The emptiness of ages in his face, And on his back the burden of the world. So begins Edwin Markham’s lionized poem “The ...

"The current rapid rise in day length can thus be attributed primarily to human influences," said professor Benedikt Soja.

Incredible satellite imagery shows a wall of dust being blown through Texas as a cold front pushed its way across the United ...

Climate change is lengthening our days because rising sea levels slow Earth's rotation. Researchers from the University of Vienna and ETH Zurich now show that the current increase in day length—1.33 ...

Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening how long an average day lasts. And the current rate of increase to a single average day—1.33 additional milliseconds per century—is ...

Spectators wore red, white and blue Tuesday as Boston commemorated the 250th anniversary of Evacuation Day. They wore a little green, too, because it was also St. Patrick's Day.

The asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs didn’t keep life down for long. New research shows that microscopic plankton began evolving into new species within just a few thousand years—and ...

Astronomers witnessed planets colliding 11,000 light-years away, an event that could shed light on the collision that created Earth's moon.

Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich, who died March 13, 2026, in Palo Alto, California, was a scientific crusader whose dire predictions about population growth, world hunger and environmental ...