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July was the hottest month in modern times. Now, August is shaping up to be a month of extremes.In the...

Americans, in particular, tend to think of frozen water as essential. But this seemingly ubiquitous commodity is no longer something...

Sliman Bensmaia, whose pioneering work on the neuroscience of touch opened doors for amputees and people with quadriplegia, allowing them...

As a marine biologist, Lorian Schweikert knew hogfish could change color to match their surroundings. But as an angler, she...

Ecuador voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to halt oil drilling in one of the most biodiverse places on earth.With almost all...

The Department of Interior announced on Tuesday that it had reinstated Obama-era safety rules for offshore drilling that were created...

In everyday speech, freezing is often conflated with tonic immobility, but they are not the same — tonic immobility is...

Japan will begin releasing treated radioactive wastewater from the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the ocean this week, its...

Why It MattersThe move will provide Arm’s parent company, SoftBank, with more capital to further invest in start-ups. In a...

IN THE FORTHCOMING film “Mother Nature,” co-written by the actress Jamie Lee Curtis, several women in Catch Creek, N.M., fight...