Scientists have tried, but the true depth of the Hranice Abyss has escaped them.

The data will open up a new era in primate research, experts suggest.

Not only can they sort between the metals we want and those we don’t, but they give us the tools to do it for free.

Three of the asteroids are due to fly by our home planet at distances of around 4 million miles, while one will approach nearly as close as the moon.

NASA’s skywatching tips for June include the spectacle of Mars among the Beehive Cluster, and Saturn and Jupiter rising with the crescent moon.

The European Space Agency’s Juice spacecraft is now fully deployed and on its way to study the icy moons of Jupiter.

Cases are on the decline, but still above baseline rates.

Scientists found DNA of the plague-causing bacteria in the teeth of three Bronze Age people buried at two different sites

A wave of startups say seaweed is a multi-pronged solution to climate change: It can absorb carbon, curb the effects of cattle’s methane burps, and feed biofuels—not to mention the world.

As spring arrives sooner, female Arctic ground squirrels are emerging from their burrows earlier, according to a new study

Adaptive changes may have strengthened the relationships between individual monkeys and encouraged the evolution of complex social structures.

Just like Earth’s.

The forecast calls for 12 to 17 total named storms—with five to nine of these storms potentially becoming hurricanes.

The object is not a fully-fledged satellite of our planet, but it’s been with us for a while.

‘We have also been able to confirm the existence of the first ever Australian juvenile pterosaur, which resided in the Victorian forests.’

The discovery has massive repercussions for humanity as we know it.

A Sign in Space encourages the public to imagine what a real message from extraterrestrials might be like—and figure out how to interpret it.

Reduced pressure from predators is giving young kangaroos the freedom to grow up slowly.

The start of organ development can help us understand human developmental problems.

We’ll call them cities when they erect a cathedral.

An unusually virulent parasitic infection that killed these animals also affects humans—and experts fear it could pose a wider threat.

Using chemicals in the environment can save wildlife from deadly pathogens, but process is not without risks, say experts

Expect a strawberry moon, Mars wandering through the Beehive star cluster, the Bootid meteor shower and its peak, and more.

All major recent climate reports say nature plays a crucial role in the effort to stop global warming, and many countries are relying on forests and other ecosystems to help fulfill their commitments under the Paris Agreement. […]

Nearly any material covered with tiny holes can derive energy from humidity, per a new study, opening doors to more sustainable power

Alloy 3D-printed from metal powder rivals the conventional ‘magic metal’ – used in aerospace and biomedical engineering – for strength and sustainability

SX-STM enables detection of atom type, simultaneous measurement of its chemical state.

Hospitals are evolving at warp speed, and autonomous surgical robots are just the beginning.

Research is the first to reveal the molecular structure of a protein that allows good fat to burn off calories as heat.

Offered the choice of a guaranteed reward or a mystery container, human children are natural Pandoras, wanting to know what’s inside, while apes are not.

Mars fans, get the popcorn ready for Friday, June 2.

This is the first quantification of safe and just Earth system boundaries, at both a global and local level.

North Korea was trying its very best to send a spy satellite up into space — but that thing just didn’t want to stay in the sky. 

Flash droughts, which can happen rapidly and with little warning, are occurring increasingly across the world due to increased global temperatures.

We need to know the risks before wading waist-deep into the belly of the beast.

Cellulose is sustainable, biocompatible, and ideal for radiative cooling applications.

The hole will reach far into the Earth’s crust to the Cretaceous System.

After witnessing a 6-year-old boy get buried by the hole, geo-scientist Erin Argyilan decided to investigate.

An international team of scientists wants to stop using eponyms. But the naming authorities won’t budge.

UK researchers are developing peas that don’t taste like peas as an environmentally friendly alternative to soya.

Fossils discovered in Victoria 30 years ago are of pterosaurs, the earliest known vertebrates to evolve true flight

‘Extraordinary’ sighting may open window on possibility of life beneath Enceladus’s icy outer crust

Between 1.4 million and 400,000 years ago, liquid salt water may have made cracks and crusts near the Martian equator, per data from China’s Zhurong rover

Scientists have found that around one-third of planets orbiting dwarf stars across the galaxy may orbit at the right distance for liquid water to exist.

New observations of one of the strangest nearby galaxies explain a lot, but it still looks creepy.

The DNA evidence shows that a strain of Yersinia pestis was in Britain thousands of years before the Black Death.

The rocks “do not belong on volcanic islands.”

“I could be brown, I could be blue. I could be violet sky. I could be hurtful, I could be purple. I could be anything you like.”

“Exploring the seabed and discovering new methane insights is like finding hidden treasures,” said expedition leader Stefan Buenz.

Observations and statistical analysis hint at a whole new picture of accelerated jets.