Here’s why new prime minister Liz Truss faces UK’s most difficult challenges since World...
Liz Truss rises to prime minister at a time of crisis for the U.K. economy, says Pablo Calderón Martínez, an assistant professor in politics...
Why were reptiles such evolution success story?
It was thought they just got lucky when climate change killed off foes. New study finds they also adapted sooner to rising heat.
Just over...
Scientists create first full 3D view of binary star-planet system
From above a planet about twice the size of Jupiter, this artist's conception shows the star that planet is orbiting and that star's binary...
Scientists find Africa’s oldest known dinosaur
An international team of paleontologists led by Virginia Tech has discovered and named a new, early dinosaur.
The skeleton — incredibly, mostly intact — was...
Scientists find possible diamond factory at Earth’s core-mantle boundary
Steel rusts by water and air on the Earth’s surface. But what about deep inside the Earth’s interior?
The Earth’s core is the largest carbon...
Dangerous combination of extreme heat and smoke affected 16.5 million Californians
Extreme heat and wildfire smoke are each hazardous to our health, but recent studies suggest that when we’re exposed to both at the same...
Scientists detect carbon dioxide in exoplanet atmosphere
Due to its role in regulating the climate, carbon dioxide is a central component of the Earth's atmosphere.
Being able to clearly detect the molecule...
This shipwreck off southern Argentina is a long-lost 1850s Rhode Island whaler
Scientists investigating the remains of an old wooden ship off the cold, windy coast of far southern Argentina say it almost certainly is the...
Scientists discover fossils of giant sea lizard that ruled the oceans 66 million years...
Researchers have discovered a huge new mosasaur from Morocco, named Thalassotitan atrox, which filled the apex predator niche.
With massive jaws and teeth like those...
Scientists find new clue to the moon’s origin
Scientists have discovered the first definitive proof that the moon inherited indigenous noble gases from the Earth’s mantle.
The discovery represents a significant piece of...