Trio win Nobel Economics Prize for work on poverty

A trio of American economists on Monday won the Nobel Economics Prize for their work in…

Scientists have first 3-D view of life's processes in liquid

A new liquid-cell technology allows scientists to see living biological materials and systems in three dimensions…

Best way to protect ocean fisheries? Let nations profit from them

Overfishing is a major problem for the world’s oceans, but a strategy adopted nearly 50 years…

When it comes to teaching science, culture and language matter

For years, one of the highest-rated comedy series on television was The Big Bang Theory, a…

The nature of obscured active galactic nuclei

Most galaxies host a supermassive black hole (SMBH) at their nucleus, one whose mass exceeds a…

Guam avoids severe coral bleaching predicted for this year

Official say vulnerable coral reefs on Guam have not experienced severe bleaching that was predicted for…

Southern California blazes show signs of slowing

Wildfires raging across southern California showed signs of slowing Sunday, as firefighters contained nearly half of…

Video captures whale bubble-net feeding

University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP) researchers and key collaborators captured amazing…

Nobel awards season comes to an end with economics prize

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will announce the last Nobel winner later Monday, when it…

Cargo ship runs aground in Corsican nature reserve

A 90-metre (295-foot) cargo ship ran aground Sunday in a pristine marine reserve in the Strait…