After the tsunami comes and eventually recedes, the land is going to persist at lower levels,’ Dura said. ‘That floodplain ...

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Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed that water ...

A school gym-sized facility tucked away at the University of Michigan is quietly pushing the boundaries of what lasers can do ...

Putting aerosols in the stratosphere to reflect sunlight could prevent the shutdown of key ocean currents, but only if it is ...

While green isn’t an unusual color in nature, beautiful green animals are somewhat rare and exotic. Many green-colored ...

Although the group was first mentioned on the island of Cyprus in 1990, no specific taxonomic information was provided at the ...

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Efforts to train robots to perform certain kinds of surgical procedures without human help have reached a "critical milestone ...

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Giant mounds of sand discovered beneath the North Sea off Norway may scramble what we know about a key geological process.

Fresh evidence claims that the Earth and the surrounding galaxy are suspended inside a cosmic void based on echoes from the Big Bang.

For decades, visitors have flocked to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science to see the fossilized bones of prehistoric behemoths like Diplodocus and Stegosaurus on display. As it turns out, another ...

What is Mount Rainier? Mount Rainier is an active volcano and national park in the state of Washington. It rises more than 14,000 feet above sea level and sprawls over five major ...