Science and Nature

According to a new study, the answer is somewhere around 3.04 trillion. That's about 400 trees for every person. 12,000 years ago, before the advent of agriculture, Earth...

“Some Chimpanzees Have Entered Stone Age.” Scientists On 3 Continents Make Surprising Discovery. In the rainforests of west Africa, the woodlands of Brazil and the beaches of Thailand, archaeologists have...

Prison programs that have been in place for decades to rehabilitate convicted sex offenders may not work at all, according to a new study. Sex offender treatment programs...

Date: February 12, 2015 Source: NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Summary: To determine how long Ebola virus could remain infectious in a body after death, scientists...

Sun-like star with orbiting planets, dating back to the dawn of the Galaxy, has been discovered by an international team of astronomers. At 11.2 billion years old, it...

In almost all of North America, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia, it is safe to drink water straight out of the tap. (See which...

You'll probably hear the parrotfish before you see them. The animals chomp through solid rock and coral with fused beaks. When you're snorkeling on one of Hawaii's reefs,...