President Donald Trump has called for an expansive, next-generation missile defense shield for the mainland United States, ...

The Earth's atmosphere has strengthened its ability to remove air pollutants, including the potent climate-warming gas methane, according to research published in Nature Communications.

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Scientists trapped ultra-cold molecules, improving quantum computing with better stability, accuracy, and computational possibilities.

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

The startup’s ‘AI-optimized CDR’ approach is designed to re-create the optimal conditions for phytoplankton to play their ...

Like a moth in a cocoon, the metamorphosis of Earth's crust from molten goop to solid land is hidden from view, leaving ...

From left: Joy Mboya, Lilian Beauttah, Zani Gichuki and Esther Segero. These women are turning timber into Kenya's next ...

Scientists have discovered two mountains which reach heights of around 620 miles (1,000km), dwarfing anything else found on ...

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's ...

It might be one of the most famous names on Earth, but experts say that 'Jesus' wasn't the real name of Christianity's ...

In the orange layers, the rock dried out too quickly for the microscopic algae — also known as cyanobacteria, the earliest known form of life on Earth — to grow, according to the DBCA.