A parasite carried by billions of people worldwide often causes harmful infections during pregnancy and in immunocompromised ...

Some of the most extraordinary gems ever found belong to a rare class of diamonds known as CLIPPIRs (Cullinan-like, Large, ...

The Great Salt Lake is separated by a 20-mile (32-kilometer) causeway into a super-salty north arm and a less-salty south arm, with each hosting distinct communities of extremophiles. These organisms ...

AI companies increasingly want to move their operations into space. Elon Musk's SpaceX has applied to launch over a million ...

Flying abroad for a summer vacation is not as simple as it used to be. Geopolitical uncertainty has already disrupted flight schedules and fuel prices this year. For many, staying closer to home will ...

Nearly 40% of Canadian workers say they feel burned out often or always, according to a 2025 survey by Mental Health Research Canada and Canada Life. The term has become part of a broader lexicon of ...

How life started on our own planet may not seem as interesting as finding evidence of life on Mars or the icy moons Europa or Enceladus. But the search for the first eukaryotes on Earth remains as ...

Africa is home to around 70% of the world's burned area—the total area of land scorched by wildfires each year—making it the ...

The eerie glow of an orange sun through thick wildfire smoke might be unnerving, but the biggest risk from the haze is ...

Greece, which was spared the record heat that ravaged most of Europe in June, is finally bracing for its first heat wave of ...

A floating research station resembling a giant aluminum igloo on Sunday set out from France to begin a long-term mission in ...

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook the Andes region of Peru, killing at least six people, injuring more than 30 and displacing ...