New research shows mistletoe in Oregon cities grows mainly on oaks and causes little harm, while offering food and shelter ...

Hammocks began as Indigenous technology, not vacation gear. Learn how this simple invention shaped daily life in the Americas ...

Brain activity during speech follows a layered timing pattern that matches large language model steps, showing how meaning builds gradually.

Artificial beaver dams are spreading across the Pacific Northwest. New research shows they may help rivers handle warming ...

The mining waste generated in a single year in the United States contains enough lithium to manufacture 10 million electric ...

New models suggest Uranus and Neptune may hold far more rock than expected, raising questions about how these distant planets formed.

New research shows major errors in global hunger reports. Many communities in serious danger go uncounted, leaving urgent needs unseen.

Earliest evidence found of rice plants in the Pacific on Guam, revealing rituals and a journey from the Philippines 3,500 years ago.

Ocean microbes can use urea when ammonium is scarce. This helps them survive in poor waters and reshapes our view of the nitrogen cycle.

An analysis reveals that India would gain billions by phasing out coal, reducing pollution, and accelerating its energy ...

Deep inside Earth, researchers see signs that the solid inner core may be arranged in multiple chemical layers far below.

The Amazon is facing a hotter, drier future, with rising drought stress threatening forests that help regulate Earth’s ...