On a warm day in January of last year, Martin Heinritzi peered from a window of his research plane, spotting Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. “We were focused on what is directly coming out of the reef ...

When scientists make predictions, they sometimes seem wild, almost beyond the realm of possibility. Yet, over the years, many ...

On July 3, 1945, 10 German scientists who had worked on Germany’s nuclear program were interned by the Allies at a country mansion called Farm Hall, in Godmanchester, England, about 20 miles northwest ...

Microplastics are everywhere. They're in our oceans, our food, and even our bodies. According to Phys.org, a new University of Portsmouth study highlighted how public volunteers can help combat this ...

The 2025 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to three scientists whose discoveries culminated in the development of lenacapavir, a medication used to treat and prevent human ...

Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed. The ...

Archimedes (c. 287 BC-212 BC) -- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) -- Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) -- Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) -- Michael Faraday (1791-1867 ...

The tortuous system of deep craters and dolomite walls blows the Atlantic Ocean's famous 'Lost City' out of the water. Through a curtain of falling marine 'snow', the ghostly carbonate walls and ...