A new review of ocean data suggests that more than 99.999 percent of the global deep seafloor has never been seen by humans.

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Inuit languages really do have many words for snow, linguists found—and other languages have conceptual specialties, too, ...

The sun has produced stunning auroras on Earth in recent years as solar activity has peaked—but expect more in coming years ...

The Hospital Preparedness Program helps hospitals and emergency managers save lives in wildfires, tornadoes, pandemics and ...

After billions of dollars in spending and decades of planning, NASA may be forced to abandon precious samples of air, rock ...

The word itself comes from galaktikós kyklos, or “milky circle,” the ancient Greek term for the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

Young people today will be exposed to a number of heat waves that no one would have experienced before the burning of fossil ...

Hit by restructuring, the EPA is reportedly planning to end the Energy Star program, a project that has saved hundreds of ...

Scientists at Europe’s famous particle collider briefly created gold ions from lead in a modern twist on the alchemical goal ...

A disruption in federal funds has jeopardized HIV testing and outreach in the U.S. South, and researchers warn of a ...

The International Code Council has approved stronger building codes to protect hospitals, schools and other structures from ...