The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

Two years have passed since a 24-year-old former student walked into a gender studies classroom at the University of Waterloo ...

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Previously described as playing astronomical "spot the difference," Kilonova Seekers asks the public to compare the latest ...

In the U.S. and elsewhere, nationality tends to be defined by a set of legal parameters. This may involve birthplace, ...

Restoring underwater kelp forests by culling overgrazing sea urchins would deliver significant financial benefits, a new ...

Common beetles equipped with microchip backpacks could one day be used to help search and rescue crews locate survivors ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts—from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and ...

A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this "cold blob ...

A new study details the development of a nanoparticle-based system that delivers concentrated chemotherapy specifically to ...

When Entomophaga grylli infects locusts or grasshoppers, they climb to the tops of plants before their death. The zombie-ant ...

Amid the celebrations of American independence comes sobering news from Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox.