Houseflies can be a challenge to catch and kill, and while many methods exist, some take a while. This strategy is fast, ...

The beaver moon, of course, is named for the animal itself. Beavers are the largest living rodents in North America and are ...

Scientists at Penn State University have discovered that microplastics found in clouds cause the water droplets to freeze at ...

At a time when synthetic plastic has polluted nearly every corner of the globe and appeared in food and in the human body, ...

In a newly published study, scientists show that microplastic particles can have the same effects, producing ice crystals at ...

A publication recently launched by leading European Ocean scientists, titled Navigating the Future VI (NFVI), calls attention ...

Technology currently allows us to avoid facing the consequences of our unchecked growth, but eventually we will certainly have to face them.

Why does Jupiter look like it has a surface – even though it doesn’t have one? – Sejal, age 7, Bangalore, India ...

Large swathes of the state have been under water for several years after unprecedented flooding, which scientists say has ...

Clouds affect Earth’s weather and climate in many ways. New research suggests that the presence of microplastic particles may affect weather and climate by producing clouds in conditions where they ...

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There are 44 landlocked nations on earth, each having overcome, to varying degrees, the inherent difficulties that result ...