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Get ready to have your ideas about the Moon shattered. Scientists from Harvard University and the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) have put forth a new model for the Moon's origin, and it's mind-bending to say the...

It's something you might expect Chicken Little to say: bacteria and viruses are falling from the atmosphere. But five scientists in Spain, the United States, and Canada found viruses are circulating in the atmosphere of our...

Elon Musk isn't the only person amused by a Tesla in space — scientists at the University of Toronto and Charles University have devoted their attention to figuring out just what might happen to the Roadster officially...

Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia have learned how to produce electricity from Earth's excess heat through quantum tunneling...

H&P Architects dramatically transformed an informal dumping ground in Mao Khe, Vietnam into a beautiful pavilion built mainly of locally sourced bamboo and earth...

H&P Architects dramatically transformed an informal dumping ground in Mao Khe, Vietnam into a beautiful pavilion built mainly of locally sourced bamboo and earth...

The ocean floor may be sinking under the weight of heavier oceans as a result of climate-change-induced glacier melting and sea level rise, according to a new study...

Earth's magnetic field shields us from damaging radiation from the sun, but its strength and ability to protect us, is variable. Scientists uncovered details about a geomagnetic spike that happened around 1,000 BC that could...

You wouldn't have felt it, but sometimes the Earth's rotation slows down. Sure, the fluctuations are minute - maybe a millisecond here or there. But two geophysicists think there could be more destructive quakes next year...

You’ve heard of the “Blue Marble”. The Blue Marble is an image of the Earth made on December 7, 1972, by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft at a distance of about 29,000 kilometers (18,000 miles) from...

Take it from Indiana Jones (or Han Solo, or Rick Deckard) — doubting climate change is dangerous. The actor who played all of these characters, Harrison Ford recently gave a speech at the 30th anniversary gala for Conservation...

Scientists have discovered an Earth-like planet only 11 light years away that may support life. Named after the star around which it orbits, Ross 128b was identified by a team of researchers at the European Southern Observatory...

Have you ever wanted to walk in the footsteps of Nelson Mandela, track cheetahs on foot, or stroll with elephants — and other exotic creatures — in South Africa? Well, here's your chance...

2016 was a year for breaking records — and not all of them were good. Each of the first six months of 2016 set a record as the warmest month in the modern temperature record - and a new report shows that CO2 levels in the...

Americans consume 8.6 billion water bottles — every year. Of those, only 1 of 5 is recycled. Fortunately, a handful of MIT students have developed a solution to this problem, and it involves repurposing waste plastic bottles...