New time-lapse videos of Earth's glaciers and ice sheets as seen from space -- some spanning nearly 50 years -- are providing scientists with new insights into how the planet's frozen regions... more

Paleontologists in New Zealand have uncovered the fossilized bones from an extinct penguin that... more

It's been 30 years since a pilot project in Miami-Dade County found that blasting wastewater with electrons could clean it up, removing all kinds... more

New time-lapse videos of Earth's glaciers and ice sheets as seen from space—some spanning nearly 50 years—are providing scientists with new insights into how the planet's frozen regions are changing. more

Saturn’s 300-mile- (500 km) diameter moon Enceladus is thought to have an outer ice shell covering a liquid water ocean. Slashed across the moon’s south pole... more

Black holes in the early universe pose a bit of a problem. Based on observations from telescopes on Earth and in space, we know that some black holes grew to be a... more

The Great Salt Lake reached historic low levels in recent years and continues to dry as a result of drought and water diversions. As water levels... more

A sandstone slab prized for its detailed dinosaur footprints may also contain the track of a sailing stone or "walking rock." Paleontologist Paul Olsen from Lamont-Doherty... more

New research solves some of the mysteries of the "tiger stripes" on Saturn's moon Enceladus. more

Earthquakes are sudden and their shaking can be devastating. But about 20 years ago, a new type of earthquake was... more

A study led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center showed that treatment combining lower doses of chemotherapy... more

What waddled on land but swam supremely in subtropical seas more than 60 million years ago, after the dinosaurs were wiped out on sea and land? more

Using the Focal Reducer and low dispersion Spectrograph (FORS) instrument on ESO’s Very Large... more

A free-living ciliate species called Stentor roeseli, which lacks a central nervous system, is capable of decision making, according to... more

Silversword populations have dropped 60% in the past 30 years more

A new study developed and validated a tool for assessing children's overall addiction to digital devices. The study, which found that more than 12% of children ages 9-12... more

NASA has completed the giant rocket that will take US astronauts back to the Moon, the space agency's head announced Monday, pledging the mission would take place in... more

Slashed across the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus are four straight, parallel fissures or 'tiger stripes' from which water erupts. These fissures aren't quite like anything else in the Solar System.... more

A volcano on a New Zealand island erupted Monday with a towering blast of ash and scalding steam as tourists were exploring the moon-like surface, killing five people and leaving... more

A new observational study has analyzed 20 years' worth of data to look at the link between cell phone use... more

Researchers and an Israeli scientist have discovered a new method for turning nearly any object into a data storage unit. This makes it possible to save extensive data in, say, shirt buttons, water bottles or even the lenses... more

People who play drums regularly for years differ from unmusical people in their brain structure and function. more

Sea lilies, despite their name, aren't plants. They're animals related to starfish and sea urchins, with long feathery arms resting atop a stalk that keeps them anchored to the ocean floor. Sea lilies have... more

People who play drums regularly for years differ from unmusical people in their brain structure and function. The results of a new study suggest that they have fewer, but thicker fibers in the main... more

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is of great interest to scientists due to its subsurface ocean, making it a prime target for those searching for life elsewhere. New research led by Carnegie's Doug Hemingway reveals the physics governing the... more