IPCC report highlights need for climate action and adaptation

A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlights the need stop carbon…

Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability: What's new in the latest IPCC release

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Monday released the second part of its sixth major…

Bullying in school may hamper skill development, healthy adulthood

Kids who experience bullying are victims of injury or discomfort from peer teasing, harassment, and physical…

Ancient oxygen levels provide clues to the timing of life and death on Earth

Oxygen is critical for life, but what promoted the first rise in atmospheric oxygen on Earth…

Climate change is causing high tree mortality in southern Amazon

A team of Brazilian and British scientists has discovered that extreme wind and water deficiency are…

Researchers examine the performance of a fusion pilot plant to generate electricity

The U.S. fusion community has actively called for an immediate design effort for a cost-effective pilot…

Scaling laws in enzymes may help predict life 'as we don't know it'

The only references we have for “life” are the forms we know on Earth. Astrobiologists suspect…

Study finds that pro-worker ideas in political platforms resonate with voters

A new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign expert who studies the intersection of…

NASA exploring ways to keep ISS afloat without Russian help: official

NASA is exploring ways to keep the International Space Station in orbit without Russian help, but…

US Supreme Court hears climate case as UN issues stark warning

A divided US Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in an environmental regulation case with potentially…