China's Yanliao Biota offers a new window into mammal evolution since the Triassic

China’s Yanliao Biota, an assembly of fossils preserved in northeastern China dating from the Middle to…

Earthquake recorded off Myanmar's coast, shakes buildings in Thailand

An earthquake was recorded off the southern coast of Myanmar on Monday with tremors also felt…

Paris summit to push for global debt and climate reform

World leaders will gather in Paris this week with ambitions to reimagine global financing for a…

Cyclone leaves 13 dead in Brazil

A cyclone which tore through southern Brazil has killed at least 13 people and forced thousands…

How microbes may help mitigate mercury absorption

New research by a team at Pennsylvania State University suggests that microbes in the human gut…

White communities prefer to risk repeat flooding rather than move to safer but more diverse neighborhoods

Even after suffering flood damage, homeowners in mostly white communities prefer to accept higher risk of…

NASA finds key building block for life in a moon of Saturn

The long hunt for extraterrestrials just got a big boost. Click here for original…

An element essential to life discovered on one of Saturn's moons, raising hopes of finding alien microbes

Enceladus is the tiny moon of Saturn that seems to have it all. Its icy surface…

Satellites show gains in California water

After years of intense drought and diminishing groundwater, California just saw its greatest year-over-year water gains…

Spanish rocket launch aborted due to last-minute glitch

The maiden flight of Spain’s first rocket was aborted Saturday after countdown ended because of a…