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Satellite data reveal that a weak region in Earth's magnetic field has grown by an area roughly half the size of continental Europe in the last 10 years.

Satellites recorded the largest ocean swells ever seen from space, highlighting how massive waves can act as storm “messengers,” carrying a storm’s power across entire oceans.

Beneath the shadow of Chile's Licancabur volcano, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) peers into the coldest and most distant reaches of the universe.

A system called ViewMind Atlas uses eye-tracking and software to assess brain health.

UK climate advisers warned the government for the first time on Wednesday to prepare for 2C of global warming by 2050, stressing current efforts to adapt to extreme weather are falling far short.

Consumer Reports finds lead contamination in popular protein shakes and powders, raising concerns over which brands are affected and product safety.

NASA launched an exoplanet-hunting experiment Oct. 1 despite the government shutdown. After the mission's end on Oct. 2, news reports got a little confused.

Astrophysicist proposes a ‘radically mundane’ theory for why humans have yet to encounter extraterrestrials

Botanist trying to conserve highly vulnerable rhizanthella that survives by feeding on nutrients from a fungus

With thousands of dedicated courts and more than a million recent cases, environmental and climate litigation is booming in China, but it often looks different to the trend seen elsewhere.

President Donald Trump's second term has seen the United States go all-in to boost Big Oil and block renewables -- yet a wave of state and local climate-damage lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry continues to advance.