Collective motion can be observed in biological systems over a wide range of length scales, from large animals to bacteria because collective systems always work…

More people live close to sea coast than earlier estimated, assess researchers in a new study. These people are the most vulnerable to the rise…

A dusty film of pollution is muting the reflective whiteness of Greenland’s pristine icecap and making it vulnerable to accelerated melting rates. Greenland is getting…

Greenhouse gases could tip the Earth – or at least a planet like Earth, orbiting a star very like the Sun – into a runaway…

Feelings of shame are universal in all cultures, and new research could explain why. Studies in the US, India, and Israel suggest that shame—like pain—evolved…

Damages from extreme events like floods are even more relevant than the mean sea level itself when it comes to the costs of climate impacts…

PULLMAN, Wash.--Washington State University researchers have concluded that feeding a growing global population with sustainability goals in mind is possible. Their review of hundreds of…

Gut microbes are well known to contribute to health and disease, but what has been less clear is how the host controls gut microbes. A…

The Paris Climate Change Conference failed Humanity and has locked in a catastrophic temperature rise of about plus 2.7 degrees C. All ordinary folk can…

Once considered the cause of most disease, "germs" are now increasingly being recognized as essential to our survival and well-being by extending our genetic capabilities…

Tens of millions of trees in California are now at risk because of sustained drought, according to new research. And a different study in a…

A new study of wild bees identifies 139 counties in key agricultural regions of California, the Pacific Northwest, the upper Midwest and Great Plains, west…