With direct brain stimulation, mice learned to recognize an imaginary scent—and helped researchers understand a key piece of the olfactory puzzle.

You don't have to wait until the day after Thanksgiving—or leave your house—to get in on these discounts.

A new model estimates that by 2100, cities across the world could warm as much as 4.4 degrees Celsius. It’s a deadly consequence of the heat-island effect.

Scientists find an average of 40 microplastic particles per cubic meter of the northern water. The likely source? The synthetic clothing in our washing machines.

Researchers only drilled through an Antarctic ice shelf to sample sediment. Instead, they found animals that weren't supposed to be there.

Instead of coding a mechanical quadruped's movements line by line, Google researchers fed it videos of real-life pups. Now it can even chase its tail.

Extreme weather is rapidly eroding the limestone caves where people first drew images 40,000 years ago.

By restoring ecosystems, conservationists can help the land sequester carbon. But it's still no substitute for drastically cutting emissions.

Since lockdown, employees have adopted new work habits, but many execs want a return to the old normal.

Futurism has failed. It’s time for an alternative. In the era of climate change, tropical futurism reimagines a different relationship to the earth.

For decades, scientists thought that being more carnivorous set our ancestors along their evolutionary path. New evidence casts doubt on this theory.

For decades, scientists thought that being more carnivorous set our ancestors along their evolutionary path. New evidence casts doubt on this theory.

More than half of the sea now logs temperatures once considered extreme, threatening countless species, livelihoods, and the air we breathe.

Some animals and plants are rapidly adapting to our warming, polluted world. How alarming that is depends on your perspective.

Scientists are racing to bring extinct species back from the dead. But does a resurrected mammoth belong to nature, or us?

This is the story of a hammer, a feather, the Apollo 15 mission, and the answers to humanity’s oldest questions about how stuff falls.

Recent discoveries of horizontal gene transfer reveal that animals and plants are swapping genes across different species - but how do they do it and what might it mean for evolution?

The company's founders promised good vibes and greener cities. Now they’re stepping down, and the new CEO is focused on saving the business.

A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain receives.