NASA blasts off from Australian Outback in 'historic' launch

NASA’s first-ever launch from a commercial site outside of the United States blasted off from Australia’s…

Ailing oceans in the spotlight at major UN meet

A long-delayed UN conference on how to restore the faltering health of global oceans kicks off…

Japan swelters as heatwave prompts power crunch warning

Japan’s government warned Monday of a power crunch as extreme heat hits the country, with temperature…

Mormon crickets swarms spur Oregon push to fight pests

Driving down a windy canyon road in northern Oregon rangeland, Jordan Maley and April Aamodt are…

Biodiversity risks to persist well beyond future global temperature peak

Even if global temperatures begin to decline after peaking this century because of climate change, the…

USDA-ARS releases genome of the voracious desert locust

The first high-quality genome of the desert locust—those voracious feeders of plague and devastation infamy and…

World's biggest bacterium found in Caribbean mangrove swamp

Scientists have discovered the world’s largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp. Click here…

Rich heritage buried under impoverished Gaza Strip

While workers labored on a large construction site in the Gaza Strip, a security guard noticed…

Climate damage caused by growing space tourism needs urgent mitigation

Published today in the journal Earth’s Future, researchers from UCL, the University of Cambridge and Massachusetts…

Multiple lab analyses of Antarctic minerals offer a better understanding of Mars

Results of multiple and complementary lab analyses of minerals found in samples of material from Antarctica…