Researchers have discovered that microplastics floating in rivers, lakes, and oceans continuously leak a complex mixture of dissolved organic chemicals that evolve over time, especially under sunlight ...

Stars are 'dissolving' in the bull's head, researchers say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Hyades — a young, V-shaped ...

For centuries scientists, even Darwin, couldn’t make sense of it: Tropical water contains so few nutrients, you can see right through it. And yet coral reefs are oases that support about a quarter of ...

Astronomers rarely get a chance to crack open a planet and see what’s inside, but in two cases a star is doing the job for them, and they’re using that opportunity to understand what makes solar ...

CONCORD, N.H.— Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest — dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy ...