Vegetarian diet is now more popular than ever, due to its long list of health benefits, such as a lowered risk of heart disease, diabetes and also certain types of cancer, you name it and a veg diet ...

Plants do more than photosynthesize – some of them make gold. In a boreal forest in northern Finland, scientists found tiny gold particles inside Norway spruce needles. Plants like the Norway spruce ...

Finnish researchers discovered tiny gold nanoparticles within Norway spruce needles, a process seemingly driven by microbes. Specific bacteria, living ...

The right mix of hot, humid, rising air can produce some of the most powerful weather phenomena on the planet.

In floods the Delta at the end of the Indus receives these poisons in a form that is diluted. When the dry season arrives, untreated waste concentrates into a pungent, corrosive, toxic soup. It ends ...

Airports must report aircraft with cloud-seeding equipment to the state. Supporters call it protection; critics call it conspiracy-driven. ORLANDO, Fla. - Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said ...

A new study analyzing chemical traces in the growth rings of clam shells reinforces growing concerns about the stability of a key North Atlantic Ocean current that helps keep the global climate ...

A new Barron’s report describes more than 100 cases of suspected methanol poisoning in and around São Paulo, including at least one confirmed death. From upscale bars to beachfront kiosks, Brazilians ...

Aerosols may conjure deodorant sprays, but in this context, they refer to a broad class of airborne particles that are emitted by human activities, such as burning fossil fuels, and natural causes, ...

A new study has, for the first time, uncovered a connection between bacteria living in Norway spruce needles and gold nanoparticles. This discovery could pave the way for environmentally friendly gold ...

According to the work of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and a key analysis by scientists at Imperial College London, a number of minerals and organic substances have been ...

Kristina Douglass wanted to find out the truth about how past communities adapted to environmental change. Her revelatory work has earned her a MacArthur award.