Like seasoned musicians, the whales appear to be spinning 21 basic phrases into hundreds of different variations, a new study ...

The conclusion: floating solar could negate the need for many—if not all—planned dams in Africa, and add climate change resilience at the same time.

All the money and effort spent on biodiversity conservation is not just a little bit better than doing nothing at all, they ...

Electronic waste is the fastest growing waste problem in the world. Instead of burning it to recover gold and copper, this ...

For others, fertility seems to be one of the least of humanity’s problems, as decades-long efforts to improve access to ...

Inside the phone or computer you are reading this story on is a fiberglass board bearing all the circuit chips, wires and other electronic components that make the device work. And every year, ...

What happens to a narcissist when their child dies? They grieve more beautifully and piteously than anyone in the history of mourning parents. Crystal tears fall down their unwrinkled face, and they ...

The world has spent a century pumping up cows to produce more milk and meat. Can we now reinvent them to produce less damaging methane? In a pastoral scene apparently unchanged for centuries, Holstein ...

Finding ways to power the world while emitting minimal planet-warming carbon dioxide is a Holy Grail for researchers. Now, scientists in Australia have made a device that goes the other way: it ...