Since the 1850s, plowing and clear-cutting in modern agriculture have increased how fast soil erodes in the Upper Mississippi River Valley. Across the globe, farming strips soil up to 100 times faster ...

Around 4.6 billion years ago, an immense cloud of gas and dust in space collapsed in on itself. As it collapsed, gravity pulled most of the material toward several small points, one of which would ...

At the most fundamental level, a star exists when material is bound together strongly enough by gravity that it undergoes nuclear fusion at its center, but at the same time is not releasing enough ...

Researchers showed that massive stars at the end of their lives are more likely to collapse into black holes than to explode into… ...

Researchers created cell-like bubbles from simple molecules that grow and divide on their own, without the need for DNA or enzymes.

Drilling for electricity or geothermal energy is a common human-caused source of earthquakes. Drillers or engineers inject water into the earth to fracture underground rock through a process known as ...

Scientists used computer simulations to determine how ancient star clusters formed. Their results were similar to real clusters found with… ...

Scientists triggered a strong immune response in mice by using vaccine-coated dental floss to access their leaky gums.

Scientists developed a recyclable plastic from bamboo that is stronger and more biodegradable than conventional petroleum-based products.

The deep sea is one of Earth’s largest reservoirs of carbon, yet microbes don’t consume very much of it. Researchers showed that this is… ...

Astronomers conducted a multifaceted study of the exoplanet TrES-1 b and found that its orbit is shifting, possibly due to an unseen… ...

Researchers fixed an infant’s potentially fatal digestive issue by correcting a defective gene responsible for breaking down toxic ammonia… ...