Ingredient labels may not tell consumers everything that is inside their shampoo, sunscreen or baby lotion. A new laboratory study found that almost every personal...

Drought might seem like bad news for diseases that depend on water. After all, if lakes, ponds and wetlands shrink or disappear, parasites that need...

More than 10 million years ago, parts of South America looked very different from today. During the Miocene epoch, a huge system of lakes, rivers...

From October 1, businesses will no longer be able to add surcharges to payments made on the EFTPOS, Visa or Mastercard networks, following reforms...

A tiny spinning device that can keep rotating for more than 10 hours without being powered could eventually help vehicles navigate in places where...

Discarded phones, computers and other electronics contain valuable metals, including gold. Recovering those metals, however, often requires large amounts of chemicals that can create waste...

The world's oceans contain enormous amounts of magnesium, and scientists have developed a new method that could make it cheaper and more sustainable to...

The global boom in solar power is helping countries move toward cleaner energy, but it is also creating a growing waste problem. New research suggests...

People cannot always see the pollution they breathe, but a new study suggests that long-term exposure may leave traces inside the blood. Scientists found changes...

Around 2 billion years ago, Earth was going through one of the most important transformations in its history. Oxygen was becoming abundant in the atmosphere,...

studies of lung cancer prevention and early detection. If you care about cancer, please read studies that a low-carb diet could increase overall cancer risk,...

From spears and the invention of the wheel to smartphones and robots, human societies have been building and using tools from the beginning. Human tool...