NYU Langone study linked exposure to phthalate chemicals found in plastic to more than 356,000 global deaths from heart disease in 2018 alone. Learn more.

The history of metal pollution in the city of São Paulo, the largest metropolis in Brazil and the Southern Hemisphere, can be read in the layers of sediment accumulated over the last century.

Found in a mudflat off the coast of Oregon, this organism’s electricity-conducting abilities could make it ideal for bioelectric devices.

Giant prehistoric kangaroos perished when "climate upheaval" turned lush Australian rainforest into desert, scientists said Thursday after studying ancient fossils with new techniques.

Doctoral student Natalie Yaw came to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) as a summer intern. But when her time at the Laboratory ended, her work did not. She took the lead to write a paper based on her findings, and the result was published in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers.

If an experiment is repeated under similar conditions, the results should be the same. In reality, the situation is often different—scientists speak of a "reproducibility crisis," which affects different disciplines.

The ecstasy of “olo”

Habitat isolation and loss are significant factors that lead to the decline of wildlife populations worldwide, and habitat loss further leads to the shrinkage of populations, which increases the risk of inbreeding and the genetic decline of the ...

A trio of researchers has found evidence of the impact of the Late Antique Little Ice Age on Iceland almost 1,500 years ago. In their paper published in the journal Geology, Christopher Spencer, Thomas Gernon and Ross Mitchell describe their analysis of out-of-place rocks they found embedded in clif...

Why buildings and trees are more alike than you think...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers have detected a new sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a bright G-type star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-3493 b is more than three times larger and about nine times more massive than Earth. The f...

First report of vivipary in Deschampsia antarctica: a new insight into Antarctic plant reproductive strategies

Revealing hidden diversity and cryptic speciation in Antarctic marine gastropods (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea)

Many of our most influential experiences are shared with and, according to a growing body of cognitive science research, partly shaped by other people.

For scientists who want to learn about the geological history of a planet, river deltas are a great place to start. Deltas gather sediment from a large area into one place, which can be studied to reveal climate and tectonic histories or signs of past life. That's why NASA sent its most recent Mars ...

A team of biologists working at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, a research museum in the Netherlands, has found evidence of caddisfly larvae using microplastics to build their casings as far back as the 1970s.