Our sun is about five times less magnetically active than other sunlike stars—effectively a special case. The reason for this could reside in the planets in our solar system, say researchers at the ...

They've survived for billions of years in boiling acid, deep-sea vents and salt flats. Now, some of Earth's oldest life forms—microbes called Archaea—are offering a new weapon in the fight against one ...

An international study by marine scientists based in Singapore has revealed that sea-level rise in the Indian Ocean began ...

An international team of scientists working with Queensland Museum's CoralBank have made groundbreaking findings that rewrite ...

A University of Florence–led team reports early Eurasian evidence of artificial cranial modification (ACM) in a Late Upper Paleolithic individual from Arene Candide Cave, Italy. Shape analyses place ...

Some phases of matter cannot be described using the conventional framework of symmetry breaking and exhibit a so-called ...

The positive emotions of love and joy might seem to have much in common. Similarly, anxiety and anger appear to be close ...

Sea cucumbers (Apostichopus japonicus) have been slowly disappearing from ocean floors over the last few decades, mostly due ...

Bird populations in the tropics have dropped by roughly a third (25–38%) since 1980 due to intensifying heat extremes, ...

Students pursuing a Doctor of Pharmacy degree routinely take—and pass—rigorous exams to prove competency in several areas.

Universities that have eliminated standardized test requirements for admissions in recent years generally experienced gains ...

In an age where billionaires and conspicuous consumption are increasingly on display, new Otago-led research shows a simple ...