UCSB research offers a new perspective on how carbon is stored in the deep ocean and what it could mean for maintaining Earth ...

When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found something astonishing. Dust and rock collected from the asteroid Bennu ...

An ambitious book challenges long-held assumptions on diet and nutrition and exposes gaps in public-health guidance.

People typically think about evolution as a linear process where, within a species, the classic adage of “survival of the ...

This generation’s slang is driving teachers nuts. Educators across the country are banning the term “67,” a nonsensical expression often blurted out, especially when “six” and “seven” are mentioned ...

Harvard researchers have discovered that cycads—one of the oldest living lineages of seed plants—heat up their reproductive ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Aquatic plants are specialized evolutionary groups adapted to life in water. They play critical roles as food and medicinal ...