I n 1804, the world population finally reached 1 billion. Over the next 218 years, the gaps between reaching the next billion ...

A cocktail of conditions related to the region's geology and the effects of climate change seemingly led to the appearance of ...

Chroming is the act of inhaling toxic fumes from household items – think nail polish, aerosol deodorant, and markers. When ...

“Mount Everest is a remarkable mountain of myth and legend and it’s still growing,” said study author Adam Smith in a ...

It’s almost a century since the idea was proposed, but this is the first time it has been demonstrated with confidence.

Usually, the stem cells found in the bone marrow produce the right amount of each type of blood cell to keep us healthy – but ...

It came down to differences in their vertebrae and genetic markers, which were enough to establish a new-to-science species: ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS went through its closest passage with the Sun a few days ago, so the tail is now pointing, roughly, in the same direction as it is moving. But, powered by the solar wind, the ...

T he National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) has confirmed the existence of around 40 circular structures at the bottom of Lake ...

Atmospheric rivers are often described as “rivers in the sky”; they’re narrow, flowing columns of condensed water vapor up in the atmosphere that can stretch over 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles) long.

Across the pond, the oldest river in Europe is thought to be the Meuse, which flows 950 kilometers (590 miles) through three ...

Researchers have resurrected a strange seed that was discovered in a cave in the Judean desert during the 1980s. According to ...