Global coastal sea levels are on average 1 foot higher than previously assumed, a new report finds, raising alarms the world ...

Compulsive behavioral traits can be associated with uncertainty about the future results of one's own actions. This is the ...

Great science and engineering begin with curiosity – and more than 100 primary school children from across Portsmouth have discovered just how exciting science can be.

Virginia-based Jefferson Lab is leading a project to transform nuclear waste into usable electricity while also drastically reducing its radioactive life.

Students in Riverside and San Bernardino counties have their projects judged as they vie to move on to the next level of ...

For decades, scientists have recognized that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a formidable viral pathogen. After years ...

Curiosity-driven research has long sparked technological transformations. A century ago, curiosity about atoms led to quantum mechanics, and eventually the transistor at the heart of modern computing.

That can’t be said for the beguiling Under the Eye of the Big Bird, written by Hiromi Kawakami and translated by Asa Yoneda. This is a more tender – yet still haunting – look at our end. We enter a ...

As any diver knows, oceans can be cloudy places. Even on sunny days, snow-like particles drift through the water column, obscuring the aquatic world below. Scientists have long known that this “marine ...

A climate scientist explains why Earth is 'running a fever' and how climate change impacts health, the economy, and daily ...

Researchers have uncovered a molecular trick used by hornwort plants that could help future crops capture carbon dioxide more efficiently. A unique protein feature called RbcS-STAR causes the key ...

A research team from the Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS) and the School of Biological Sciences of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has helped address this question by developing an ...